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14. Procrastination. If you had more time, you’d be able to put it off longer. What do you put off to the last moment? Why? Tell a story about how you just barely got something done in time – or didn’t.
Alternate: Splat! Use that word in a story or a poem.

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The Receding memory

You’re lost.
You were never lost before, it just hit you.
She left you.
She didn’t want to leave, but it was meant to be.
You miss her, we all do.
When you lost her, you began to loose control of your thoughts.
It drove you to forget things; see things; change your entire personality.
It hurts us to see you like this.
But you aren’t who you used to be, and we must learn to adapt to your confused self.
It’s hard for me to understand; why you don’t remember me.
Why when you look at me; you see a stranger.
But when I look at you; I see my loving grandfather who cooked me scrambled eggs every morning for breakfast.
You used to know who I was. Your number one granddaughter.
But now, you live in a totally different world then I do.
And god our worlds seem so far away.
I wish you were able to find your way out of the maze that you unwillingly walked into.
But wishing will only get me so far.

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