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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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Comfort

Anonymous's picture
Submitted by Anonymous on May 12, 2008 - 16:46.

There was something comforting in the way
I at once
understood.
But:
there was something
sad
about the way I knew it was
the truth;
"I know your Father doesn't
Love me anymore."

Long before
she did.

NonSequitur's picture

Is this autobiographical?

Submitted by NonSequitur on May 12, 2008 - 16:53.

Is this autobiographical?

Anonymous's picture

Yes, it

Submitted by Anonymous on May 12, 2008 - 17:05.

Yes, it is.
_____________________________
"As a child I used to think that 'Anon' was a Greek philosopher, when told otherwise, I lost my first real hero."

SnowStars's picture

The emotion of this is very

Submitted by SnowStars on May 12, 2008 - 17:41.

The emotion of this is very potent and pure. True sadness, beauty.
:(heart-wrenching and simple.
~SnowStars

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