Twisted Smiles

First a tick, then a tock with silent words it greats your ears a soothing voice, no others can hear lip and teeth for twisted smile the soft calm voice stays for a while so suddenly the voice is gone and once more all seems and feels so wrong salted

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5 Senses of Blue

_ _i taste the sweetness of blueberry,_ _i taste the salt of wide ocean,_ _i taste the joy of elderberry, _ _i taste the brisk air of ship in motion.

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The Dragons of Smaller Dens

There is salt on the dragon's syringe, they will sample electric lozenges on scorpion countertops. the hatchling will look up from cave doodling. he will ask, "mother, must we hold on to the pumice?" she will stroke the scales of the bastard.

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Poem #55: Coming to Terms

Depart and the eyes stare at the universe blackness deepens in the mind the heart stops fingers curl into nothing grasping at the air and the eyes see life leave the remains are scattered the funeral has been held black cloth for grief salted

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Melody for a Broken Heart

This whole ordeal is i know you won't be here not like you were then and there will be no bandages to heal my infected wounds nor sympathy for my shattered pride after all, you were the one to compose this piece that breaks my skin and stings with salted

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The Carousel of Spirits

Curling wood chips littered the floor, and the smell of sawdust mingled with sea salt in the air. none of the pieces came out exactly as artie planned them.

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The Llwycrau Company (Chapter One - 3,536 Words)

The scents of sea salt and woodsmoke filled his nose. his blue eyes looked to his left, out to sea. the water reflected a vibrant sun in a cloudless afternoon sky.

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Summer Reprieve

The placid sounds of cordial birds drift in salt filled breeze and reflect across the ocean's face and dance among the leaves.

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Luca's Story Ch. 3

"pass the salt?" it was ahelie, the youngest sister. she was only five, and her voice had a slight squeak to it. luca's eyes went once more to her father, since he had the salt. he didn't look up as he passed it along.

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Happy Teeth

"does the mouses," she asked, her accent heavy, "wash with salt-water rinse? daily?" "uh ... " "one does not want the mouses to have gingivitis." a purring sound. more poking and prodding of the mouse's teeth. it hurt! a bit ... anyway.

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