10 Shorties by Silken Grace
A slip in time to Gene Autry's "Dust Pan Blues" playing on the radiola—yodelling in the background in dulci jubilo. As he falls to the floor, the dust pan brings back memories of better days.
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Tipping your hat to the stranger in the mirror and understanding the profound simplicity of your reflection as it remains when you walk away while it loses itself in daydreams.
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The first dump in the morning always gave Marcel a sense of relief; he'd dreamed about the night before. The passing of stools was a delicate operation that required the felicity of an expert well-schooled in the excrementitious arts.
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Time travel club at Arbourthorne Tiddlywinks Centre. You're invited as a guest when someone appears and tells you to stroke the squidger, and all you can think of is Mr. Pollard after school and his long, hard ruler.
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When you're the King of Beers, you always dream big. The inside of butter becomes the silkiest part of dreams; even the butterest of butter chicken is superfluous to the needs of the lady awaiting your butter fingers, which no tongue can match in all their finger-licking majesty.
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When you spend all your time listening to The Bangles and you want to do a drum solo with Debbi, but she snaps her teeth on your cigarette, you end up wanking like an Egyptian.
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A French damosel's confession reached the stars, who upon hearing her gentle words shine their sweetest light upon her maiden charms—a princess in Paris—tonight will rest beneath a cærulean sky and while she sleeps silken promises will fill her dreams of what will be.
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While shopping at the Steelyard Walmart, Hideo was overheard talking to a melon in the fruit section, telling the green, juicy cucumis he was related to Satoshi Nakamoto. Nearby Red Williams was out shopping for JD and coke. He knew what Bitcoin was all about, and he wanted some.
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Each Friday night Five Guys would meet up and show off their weapons and while on full display lengthwise for a caramelized exterior they'd make sure their favourite toppings were laid on thick ready to stuff between fresh-baked buns.
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Martin ruefully knew Mango never quite made it into a pack of Opal Fruits which sucked. There were some interesting flavourful additions, like Very Berry, Summer Blast, Tropical, and a notable FaveRED. Made to make your mouth water, these chewy treats were unexplainably juicy.
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Weekly Poems - Book Two - August 2024
PoetryThis is my second book of poems and short stories I've written for Wattpad. I hope you enjoy them.
