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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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Stranger

Submitted by JordanP on January 29, 2008 - 08:52.

Stranger

I’m leaving work
A day at the office
When I notice a man
A stranger in the shadows

He’s just standing there
Not loitering
Not busy
Barely existing

I walk by
Trying not to notice
The man lurking by the door
Almost an evil spirit

Once out the door
I breathe a sigh of relief
I start to walk
A swish breaks the silence

Cold metal breaks my skull
The pain is overwhelming
But then it stops
I feel nothing, see nothing

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