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Submitted to Contest #323
Every day I make a solemn vow and every day I tell a solemn lie. The vow is supposed to act as some form of new dawn, an impetus if you will, to encourage myself to better things. Every evening I fail and every morning I make the same vow. I know what I am, I know what I am supposed to do and I know I have certain responsibilities. I know all this. It doesn’t matter though. My heart is barely in it and is shrivelling into a barren, drying prune. When you’re like me getting out of bed is scary, going out of the front door is scary, seeing peo...
Submitted to Contest #321
As he sat on the bed, he felt an uncomfortable tingling as the hairs on his neck stood to attention, ‘No, it can’t be,’ John shook his head in disbelief. Johnny’s hands covered his heart in mock pain as he stuck out his bottom lip and tilted his head to one side, ‘And I’d thought we’d been missed. It’s nice to see you as well, John.’ ‘What the hell are you two doing here?’ John fumed. ‘You didn’t really think we’d be gone forever, did you?’ Johnny raised his voice slightly and pointed a finger at his head, ‘Don’t be thick in the head.’ Joh...
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