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052/100 aka 192/365

Posted on July 11, 2011 by susan

OF PRISONS Word Count: 345 Outside is a prison of the ash walls of the night. The air is thick with the day’s troubles. The screams of the people as the mornings have punched them with fists of reality, as … Continue reading →

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051/100 aka 191/365

Posted on July 10, 2011 by susan

THE BIKER  Word Count: 305 He pulled out behind me and I saw him in the rear view mirror. An older guy, handlebar mustache, black sleeveless shirt, golden arms holding steady on a Harley hog. I was doing 55 in … Continue reading →

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050/100 aka 190/365

Posted on July 9, 2011 by susan

DREAMS AND DAYS Word Count: 466 There is a little boy who goes to sleep scared every night. He has heard that dreams can become real. He is afraid that the monsters in his dreams, the one that flies with … Continue reading →

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049/100 aka 189/365

Posted on July 8, 2011 by susan

THE PLANE   Word Count: 419 I saw a two-inch plane today; most of those that cut across my sky are quarter-inchers. And because I know he won’t believe me, because he laughs, I reach up and pluck it from … Continue reading →

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048/100 aka 188/365

Posted on July 7, 2011 by susan

YELLOW SKY Word Count: 163 I stood beneath a yellow sky, the silhouettes of branches leafed into the canvas swiped with color. I flew within the feathered swirls, felt the brush of birches as I sailed. Only in my mind. … Continue reading →

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047/100 aka 187/365

Posted on July 6, 2011 by susan

OF LOVE AND TIME Word Count: 340 It suddenly was just there, a baby Japanese red maple fighting for space in the tangle of wild blueberries and weeds in the hedgerow. I fell to my knees, fingering the delicate leaves … Continue reading →

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046/100 aka 186/365

Posted on July 5, 2011 by susan

EQUALITY Word Count: 334 Just watched the hummingbird dance his crescent of display for a female sitting politely in the bush. He doesn’t know she’s on the pill. I wink at her and she winks back. A note of understanding. … Continue reading →

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045/100 aka 185/365

Posted on July 5, 2011 by susan

FOR HONOR AND GLORY Word Count: 477 Budget cuts had the town divided on holding the Independence Day Parade and Grand Fireworks Display. The old timers fought for tradition. They and the excited young people won out. Carmel Withers was … Continue reading →

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044/100 aka 184/365

Posted on July 4, 2011 by susan

MEASURES Word Count: 212 There is nothing that goes by me unnoticed. It’s the details, the pinpricks that can be seen by the blind, the footprints of the ants that have gone about their daily work, that’s where life fully … Continue reading →

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043/100 aka 183/365

Posted on July 3, 2011 by susan

THE FACE Word Count: 362 It was Saturday and if it didn’t come in the mail that day then he’d have to wait until Monday. The possibility nearly made him cry. He ran out and checked the front porch every … Continue reading →

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