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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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Lying Love

Submitted by labarret01 on January 25, 2008 - 13:36.

My eyes hold the trusting gaze of yours.
You search for an emotion that has no existence in me.
You deserve to be loved, to have this touch mean something,
But the truth is, in my heart there is no you.
I feel nothing when I see you.
You say your heart flutters for me, pounds through your chest.
Mine lays still.
You say the smell of me makes you smile.
I’m not even sure of your scent.
You say my skin touching yours is electric.
My skin feels nothing more then skin.
Love sits upon your lips with every intention of honesty.
Honesty is a foreign language to mine.
What do I see when I look at you, engulfed in all your loyalty?
I see a lie,
A lie I want so badly to be true.
I want my heart to skip a beat at the sight of your beautiful face.
For shivers to race through my every bone at a single touch,
For those three defining words to be sincere.
But the thing of it is, I can’t.
I can’t love you.
I can’t tell the truth.
I know I am lying, so how do I know you aren’t too?

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