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Will Stone

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Three Phases to the Author

Submitted to Contest #54

When I was little, let's call it nine, I wrote nineteen words to a page. My sentences were three words long. I wrote them poorly. Often they could not be read at all. So poorly written were these rotten words that I got my own special program. Not the 'special learners' program, for the kids in need of a slow lane. No, my little class of two was much slower than that. They called me Will S and my partner in lyrical poverty Will C. We shared the same name, as we shared our failures. But time changes all things, and by my blooming teenag...

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Tiny Summer Kingdoms

Submitted to Contest #53

  Red bleeds into blue. Blue drenches white. White drips, drips, drips to the stone below.   The world is angry, hot, a dog’s breath welcomed in waves. The sun seeks to restore a golden brown over the land, and I yearn to be free from her urgent undertaking. But I control myself. The shade is cool. The insects buzz. The birds chirp.   And I watch my icicle drip, drip, drip.   Below, the splashes of sugar gather a crowd. Ants. Beautiful little ants, with sapphire blue bodies, and a single golden crown upon their heads. I k...

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