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Walking away from

He stared into the heavens, the night clear in the way that only a frigid late winter evening could be. The stars were brilliant, shinging bright enough to hurt. In the freezing temperatures, exhalations became miniature weather systems. Fractal patterns roiled in the still air.
A slight shift and he could see her from the corner of his eye, even as he continued to study the restless steam pulsing from hs nostrils.
"You are very quiet."
He responded with only a grunt, his mind racing through a madhouse of images. Possibility climbed over impossibility, rendering images that buffeted his soul with scouring sands.
A tear escaped and slid down his cheek, thank fully on the far side from her, it ran it's course unobserved. He wiped away all traces under the guise of warming his hands.
She moved closer to him and reached out her hand. His attempt to refrain from flinching was only partly successful. The pain rolled out from her in waves, the slight rejection causing a deeper wound than physical blow.
"I'm sorry."
Three steps and he let the tears free to play in the wind rushing past his head.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Beatrice, Nebraska
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You must master the
five seven five style
of writing Mordey
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Have a good day, and if you feel like subjecting your genitals to high doses of x-ray radiation I'm sure the world will kindly thank you.

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Registered: Jan 2001
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Elaborate...

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Registered: Jul 2000
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Haiku. I only said that because for some reason it struck me.

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Have a good day, and if you feel like subjecting your genitals to high doses of x-ray radiation I'm sure the world will kindly thank you.

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Ah yes, 5 syllable, 7 syllable, 5 syllable again?
I'll think upon it.

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Registered: Mar 2001
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interesting, you should take these snippets and write complete short stories. Then post those.

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I'd like to write a full book, but it's been a long time since I composed anything like that so I have to work my way up. So far these short bursts are all I can sustain, hopefully in a while I'll actually be able to produce a page or two.

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I will look forward then to that day

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