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Submitted to Contest #184
Have you ever felt like you're losing your mind? Actually worried about going insane? I have. Recently, at least.For the last two weeks I've been having these dreams. Nightmares, really. I think. They always start the same. Or do they?I'm on my way to work, running late but stopping by my favorite café on the corner, regardless. There is a long line - there always is. They have the best coffee in town so of course it's immensely popular among the nine to five zombies in the morning. Like me.As I stand in line, a little anxious because of the...
Well, this is certainly not how I had imagined spending this picture perfect, no clouds in the sky, warm but with a light breeze from the sea kind of a show off-y Sunday. But when the sweet, elderly, and somewhat tottery little lady that is your favorite neighbor asks you to help her clean out the attic then what are you gonna say? No, sorry, sun is out and all that, can’t help? I don’t think so. You give her a lovely little smile and say, “Of course, Mrs. Shackleton, I’d love to help.” Especially since she added a not so innocent little “I’...
Submitted to Contest #144
„It’s just a picture.“ Still, all I manage to take is yet another photograph of a hand. Blurry. The hurried movement created strange patterns, a swirl of light that was reflected off a ring on a finger. It’s nice, has a bit of an artsy feeling to it. Maybe I could do an art show one day? Hundreds of photographs of hands in various states of blurriness. It’d probably be a huge hit. A small chuckle escapes my lips as I think about it. Fancy art gallery, posh outfits, expensive champagne, people philosophizing about the deeper meaning behind...
Sorry for my English. I'm German, it's supposed to sound funny.
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