I had no time to consider the caprices of gods, or even to let my grief and anger pass naturally. I had to push it away, to move past it. I inhaled again, resisting the downward pull, the desire to to forget.

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Rosale rearranged her fine shawl, patterned with green and yellow leaves, accenting the green of her gown. Golden bracelets chimed faintly on her wrist as she did.

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Within the , I did countless mad experiments solely to satisfy my curiosity. It wasn’t till I came into the real world that I realised what my madness had wrought.

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You should never joke about things that are evil,
For a the Joker could play an evil trick,

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There's no yardstick for what we're about to experience. Cramped bodies heaving & foreheads dripping expectations, we push, our anxious eyes studying the tenebrous shadows outside as we peek from inside the eggs.

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Her eyes were blinded by cataracts. The park was dark and gray, except for the birds. Sapphire blue jays, ruby cardinals, amethyst hummingbirds. Brilliant, they sang a song only she could hear. She smiled as she at the tiny, winged angels.

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Sapphires eyes peered from the hedges on Atom Rd. They lazed about like a dragon wakened from a nap, sparks growing by the hr to be cheated by rain's bedimming cataracts. I'm left w/ their legacy of curiosity.

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Winter whispered into our homes and we'd underestimated its bellwether portent of woe. Avarice wept on our fortresses, blizzards made roads into 1/3

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You could show Gran all the flowers from yesterday's world and she'd still say a Hornbeam tunnel's beauty is nonpareil. "When they yellow, it's a present... 1/3

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There's a lost soul inside the misanthropic Chenoo that wanders graves where flowers grow, where there is hope after death & its maelstrom of ghosts. In his ice heart is a land where moss lives though all... 1/2

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The men stand with lances crossed, barring access to the door. Pale, silky cloth with embroidered halcyons covers their breastplates and shields. The swords look too heavy to lift.

Justin bumps my elbow with his. "What are these, the knights in white satin?"

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Each page heard was a fragrant sigh. They roused sacred spirits into the air and forged opportunities to make friends with what could've remained foreign. I made it a...#MondayFic 1/2

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