Words of truth_Gold_Stiff Competition_Weather
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Words of truth
The world was a weird one. Everyone said what was on their mind. Their true feelings being shown through their words as they tell their honest opinion. It didn’t matter if it was rude or inconsiderate, no one was able to lie and everyone must say what was on their mind. No mawww.onedoor.cctter what it was. Yet Alejandro absolutely loved it, no matter how much trouble he got in. He wasn’t the, nicest person in the world, in fact some called him the rudest ever. Yet that didn’t faze him in the slightest, in fact it made him puff his chest out in pride. Watching as other people stared in fear, anger, or even h...
Gold
I sit on the counter of the gas station, sneakers tucked up neatly to avoid the racks of chocolate bars and lollipops, with a textbook balanced on my knees. "You have to get down if a customer comes in," says Ophelia, poking my leg. "Yes, ma'am," I say, not looking up, focusing instead on deciphering the illustrations depicting plant reproduction. She shoves my shoulder. "There's no point in you being here if you won't talk to me. Go home if you want to study." I snap the book shut and look up at her. "Is that so? My presence isn't enough?" "When you're quiet, you might as well be anyone else,...
Stiff Competition
The eyes of two hundred passengers at Gate 27 stare at a monitor that now reads, “Flight 873 cancelled - Bad weather.” They look at the red letters of death and then at me behind the boarding gate counter. Something changes in the humanity of the crowd as they advance toward the counter, shuffling in one by one. It's a crowd now thirsting for airline employee blood. A minute before, my esteemed coworker Kristin went for a bathroom break, leaving me here flying solo.Before the crowd reaches the thin defensive line of my plexiglass counter, I launch a preemptive strike. I reach for the micropho...
Weather
“Weather”Dear Reedsy Judges,I hate reading people’s work. I love reading, but I only love reading if I feel that I’m learning something new. Don’t get me wrong, I love the idea of an English student finally getting that A or A- in English class and finally realizing that all you really had to do was open your heart about something that you really hold true and dear in your life, and somehow illustrate the importance of said topic in a creative or essay form. I mean, we might as well plant a Godamn tree together, if we were to work together, trying to prevent the collapse of western civilizatio...