How are you?_She is a Leader_Round 3_Yesterday's Special
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How are you?
Jane had been swiping left on her dating app for months. It had only been a year since she broke up with her boyfriend.Ding ding. Scroll. Scroll. Scroll. Gasp! NOPE! Can’t do it. Men can be so nasty. Jane was always so shocked by the type of attention she got from men. Neverending pictures sent through social media messages. Ding ding. “How are you today?” She quickly browsed his profile and she saw that he volunteered at the humane society, and was a lawyer. He looks perfect. “Wow, thanks for asking! I’m doing well! ” Jane considered this question romantic, in an internet-dating-kind-of-way. ...
She is a Leader
DON’T TELL THEM YOU CAN SEE. A sudden hush descendswww.onedoor.cc on me all at once. The noises of chatter and footsteps, which I could hear so clearly just moments before, dull to a muted roar. The light taste of the elderberries and puffer fish I ate for lunch that lay thick on my tongue fades until it is almost unnoticeable. The aches and pains from sparring in Chemistry, so sharp just moments before, almost completely vanishes. The slightly rough sensation of my uniform brushing against my skin turns smooth and bland, almost unfelt. But my eyes . . . DON’T TELL THEM YOU CAN SEE. I stare at the black wor...
Round 3
How dare you keep this from me? Because she asked you to? Because you both knew how I’d react? Can you really see into my dreams, where I’m twenty-five again, back home where the octagonal cage surrounds me? I tackle Ryan to the mat. I cling to his back to keep him from standing. My arm folds and tenses around his jaw; his screams muzzled, but the cameraman zooms in on his eyes jumping out of his skull. My shoulder pulls my arm back slowly until I feel the pop, the dislocation. Justice for my Sarah.Our Sarah. Because you were the wise one when you told me she needed a father, not a fighter. So...
Yesterday's Special
Today’s the day I change. Yet do we never not change? The law of conservation says that Mass, matter, is neither created nor destroyed. Though matter can’t be destroyed, it may be changed in form. And for eternity we are the Mass that is always changing. We are changelings turning into other shapes through the millions of years. It is said about shapeshifters, in jest, is that they could look just like you and me. Since we are changelings taking on new shape and form, then we are shapeshifters. This is my life as a shapeshifter.Throughout my whole life I’ve had mixed emotions about rain. I wa...