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The wedding reception
A poem of wedding staff woes
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I lost a cat, so I donated blood.
What is penance? Repentance for mistakes? Is there a book of karma that dictates what exactly one can do to correct an error as devastating as this? I don't know. My brain didn't, either.
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Machine Learning
It’s some garbage neo-rock track belonging to a Cyberpunk-style video game. Any listener might be forgiven for believing the track had no purpose. It’s background music – and repetitive background music at that. Siev can transpose this in her sleep. What is there to interpret?
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Jagged Little Pill: re-examining my #MeToo.
Jagged Little Pill enforces reflection. The show raises some valuable points: why does it take Nick, the perfect son, to finally step forward as a witness for anyone to believe Bella's telling the truth?
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It's all a s#$%-show
Raymond drives around a long line of cars stopped along the highway under a greyed sky. His lungs ice over as he surveys each vehicle, taking in the details of each driver gripping their steering wheels or staring down into their laps. Occupied tents and camp chairs litter the footpath.
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The cover letter that got me the internship (that didn't pan out)
The story of my brutally sarcastic cover letter, the internship I got from it, and PAUL.
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On 'inspiration'
Inspiration is the bursting of an idea in the mind of a creative straying from the productive path. It produces pages upon pages of content sprung free from the captivity of utter boredom.
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The historical implications of 2020
Life repeats.
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If that's all?
My trimester 2 writing class activity had us craft a 150 word short creative piece on the spot, based on a supplied ornamental quote. This is the larger version of the one I put in: Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it. George Carlin The floor
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A battle with anxiety, #2
My friend says we should go out, see a movie and celebrate. But I have no money to facilitate the cost of my ticket, let alone dinner. He offers to pay for everything. My mind tells me the words aren't genuine, that he made the offer to be
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The Sticker Book (a short story)
One becomes nostalgic on the job when they come across a sticker book.
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Caring (a short story)
Life for me was care-free when I was five. My parents line to think that they were fairly strict--and in comparison to others, they were. But when you're young, still learning about all the world has to offer, there's significantly more freedom to be had in