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--one familiar, unique face that had greeted me for so many years before the divorce. "You must come and join them, Jenny. You don't understand. You have no choice," he said as I -
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...it was setting in quickly, the piercing migraines taking hold of the populace. Construction went on day and night for the highway, for we all needed our own fix, and the only
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In the years following, Moodle was hailed as a god among men, giving all of humanity the key; no more chocolate syrup was needed, because it was now apart of the true recipe. What
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of worn leather. The machine jolted forward, a few of the tools finding their way to the ground with an audible thud. I felt at utter peace with the world as the smoke rose,
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In a time such as now, preservation was key to any type of survival. As such, the Queen and Phillip pledged themselves to an oath of mummification, years before their untimely
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my eyes and felt the radiance of the stars above. As the orbs circled around me, their glow illuminating the creases of my shirt, a meteor turned a distant forest ablaze, the
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Yet as the speech reached its crescendo, a low hum began to shake the ground below the protesters. On the horizon, a black cloud of enraged honey bees approached the helpless crowd
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trying to figure out how after all that work on her perm, she just ignored her nasty-ass nails. 'Why not get a manicure too, Ronna?' I wondered as the shouts of guards rounded the
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-- that is the mantra I told myself for 35 years before they eventually found her body at the bottom of a lake. Drowned by her boyfriend, they said, but I can't help wondering if
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but as their bodies shook with greater vigor with each passing generation, the world began to lose sight of what was important: to experience life, and to be glad you're awake.
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As she clawed into the side of the chasm, hoping to find any leverage, screams were lost in an endless echo now only heard by the bats fluttering within the cavern below.
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It was a travesty that his work would never be truly completed, but as the sun set behind the rising flames and smoke of the explosion, he thought "What a strange world this is."
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She reminisced about their candle-lit picnics with cantelope, nights to remember that seemed long gone now. Just as the smell of the fresh fruit grew, she realized it was actually
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"You know, if you were a ship, I would COMPLETELY DESTROY YOU!" his voice thundered, shaking the waves just outside his beach-front retirement home, "Krakens aren't meant for this
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Yet that seemed to become irrelevant as soon as the neighborhood barn cat stumbled upon our little gathering. In a fit of rage, the feline began to swat mice aside, before