12 Words Microfiction

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The basement steps creaked as Sam's kidnapper came down to visit her.

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Thus she was born, at the borders of a medieval manuscript page.

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Little child, innocent as sunshine, followed the voice; coming from faeries world.

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He fights dragons in preparation for the demons lurking in plain sight.

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Inspired by limitation, each word invokes boundless meaning within the reader's heart.

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She lied, "I don't need you!"... but her heart told the truth.

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When the President didn't stand against Nazis Boston decided to do it.

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I've broken bones and twisted fingers but they won't hold my breath.

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She thought they could motivate one another, but they didn't need her.

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She walked into the sunset thinking finally maybe she had found peace.

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"Mummy, if men are clever, why do they dig holes in roads?"

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The heart is a vessel of hope and pain, but determinedly love.

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REVIVAL
Exchange: used coffin for tight clothing, it doesn’t matter the sex.

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Forced to run for mayor of the smallest town between my temples.

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The winds whisper and surrender to the oncoming night; all is still.

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Why are weeds so determined? They're never wanted, but still bloom.

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Faith and love give us more than the eye can see; eternity.

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I might be a long distance runner, 12 words seem too skampy…

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The soldier follows him inside, weapon draw, safety off. An IED explodes.

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The old cowboy stood at the bar thinking of her and smiled.

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Humans are as the seasons; ever-changing. Only, we have an expiry date.

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He burnt down trees but nobody cared about all things concerning him.

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The waves were splashing as the girl swayed in spiral traces un-detained.

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She picked until the bloody hole matched the depth of her fear.

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wandering listlessly towards
an abyss that will deliver and devour
my soul

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His gentle voice made her truly realize that he was the one.

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Wait. This tasted like... "Peanuts?" he spluttered. Behind him his wife smiled.

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Stopped nighttime burglary, began daylight robbery. Now see my kids more often.

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Apocalypse. Last two people on Earth. We hate each other. Constant silence.

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"He's dead boss."
"Excellent! Any witnesses?"
"Only me."
"That's easily rectified, Jimmy."

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Falling through air, she wished she hadn't of taken the plunge.

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"This is what my life has taught" said the four year old.

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Cancer. Only weeks. So worried about telling family. Never saw the bus.

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And then there was none. The last soul falling where he stood.

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Severed leg. Life ended. At forty, began again. Met you. Found bliss.

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Don't be afraid, my boy. I won't hurt you, said the witch.

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The priest saw the corpse: "Your death only adds to my failure!"

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He dragged back her naked body. Sex and murder. Both allured him.

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He stepped back totally naked. It was the first time being raped.

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The world is gigantic but somehow I still found you in it.

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Dragon eggs, a rare commodity. I was hungry but not that hungry .

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She can handle the day but at night the loneliness takes prisoners.

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Hair, makeup and all that jazz brought out a whole new ego.

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Every full moon I shed crimson skin. Mama, it’s good being reborn.

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Jimmy Hoffa's first kill,was three days after Kennedy's assassination in Dallas.

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It ended at the beginning and all was still and solid again.

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Who hid a museum's stolen treasures within the pyramid? One conflicted archaeologist.

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Anytime he smiled, her heart skipped a beat. Until today, that is…

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"You're stronger than you think you are," she said. Maybe I am.

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The Man stared down at his wedding ring and smiled with joy.

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kiln dried
in a plastic world
pristine opulence
was not an illusion

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Her whole life she'd been told that she couldn't.
Nevertheless, she persisted.

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Withering's easy. Growing's hard. It's only so when depression looms not far.

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Bubbles rose up. Then, stillness...
Now, what should a new widow wear?

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No more roads, truck driver. From retirement to the asylum, two trips.

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The tenor stabbed the soprano to keep her off from other men.

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The warewolves howled at the door as the vampires plotted revenge inside.

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He leapt from the building as his wings broke through his shirt.

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He was born loved and poor, yet he died rich and hated.

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She dug through the trash for food while her baby cried endlessly.

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She breathed in the heavy, iron-scented air. Revenge smelled so sweet.

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He sows, he waters, he tends. He wins Best Garden in Bloom

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His final moments, his last words – lost forever in the deep sea.

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She lingered, he kissed her, and then her husband walked in. Oops.

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"You're stronger than anyone," Greg tells himself as he considers another cookie.

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Don't worry he soothed, they couldn't hit an elephant from that distance.

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He drove away, leaving his mother and memories in the dusty trail…

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I didn't believe in magic.
Until an owl dropped off a letter…

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I miss Grandma, but she's still with us, watching from the mantelpiece.

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Autumn is the bitter sweetness of making crab apple jelly without you.

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He hastily wiped away the perspiration his bloodstained sweatband should have absorbed.

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Date Night
Bed creaks. Kisses arouse me, smiling. Wait, cologne? He doesn't…

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He kissed her and left, posting his key back through the letterbox.

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I exit my neighbor's burning house and toss the matches behind me.

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The horror raced towards us. Finally, we realised it was a planet.

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Standing on the rails in bare feet just to feel the train.

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He entered the operation room. It was the first time being dad.

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Now dead, she was finally released from the prison she called life.

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Just one... last... chop... Yes! The body finally squeezed into the holdall.

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He reminded her of her dead babies, so she killed him too.

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Humpty tumbles to his death. The hand that pushed him melts away.

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She laid silent upon lavenders bed; her face sodden with teary deluge...

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I am expendable in his life and so is he in mine…

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After the tornado, Dorothy cobbled magic shoes from fence and barn splinters.

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The clouds, discouraged, shred in the sky, The sun slips through unnoticed.

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The cold sea crashed over my feet and washed her footprints away.

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Much of the bitter taste disappears
when drinking from a beautiful glass.

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There was a grapefruit on the counter, cut just before my awakening.

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She would never know how her words that day, changed my life.

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Zombies won the war against humans. To celebrate, they devoured each other.

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Who knew that one awakening kiss, would forever stimulate my meek existence.

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It was her fateful maiden voyage, when she struck the waiting mine.

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The corpsegrinder worked the asylums, filling his machine and selling the mince.

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After 30 years he finally solved the Rubix Cube, then spontaneously combusted.

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Hope I have that lasting impression on the woman in my life.

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He walked along a new trajectory, knowing their paths would never cross.

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Autumn: leaves. Winter: snow. Spring: daffodils. Summer: grass.
He's buried under there.

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She drank herself into oblivion because, when sober, she hated her family.

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Crimestopper stood vigilant, keeping a sharp eye on his fellow Walmart customers.

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He never understood why humans celebrated birthdays. Manufacturing dates dictated maintenance schedules.

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To avoid feeling powerless and ordinary, Lew frequently indulged in unnecessary risks.

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"Look at all these dragonflies!" the biker shouted, not noticing the cliff.

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Darkness bloomed at her fingertips. She was the witch they feared most.

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When she died I was heartbroken, but relieved.
I hid the arsenic.

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Sells soul to Satan under Solar Eclipse. It's all good: for eternity.

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She died laughing. The smile lines on her frozen face said so!

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My words shoot bullets. Then you throw grenades. An old fashioned war.

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A man with raw scar on lower right abdomen... happy kids... Housewarming.

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On her deathbed she stared at me. All those years melted instantly.

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Her bags packed, she said goodbye, but froze at the front door.

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Blessed with limited vocabulary, Jack named morning -"when the day was little".

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She leapt bravely into the void and discovered all the world's mysteries.

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Improbable desires unspoken never lead to rejection. Maybe she thinks the same?

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We were just kids, screwing around. We didn’t know it was loaded.

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Deep within the hollow moon an alien civilization grew. Recently, it emerged.

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He sighed regretfully.

The fate of the world hung on 12 words.

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Relax! Flight to the Dead Sea pays your striptease, explains the ghost.

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She said she liked me; lies; she liked my choice of weapons.

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Suddenly her life didn't feel so hopeless. She found home with him.

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For sale - multi sport wheelchair. One careful lady owner. No longer needed.

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"State your wish concisely," said the genie. "You may have twelve words."

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"Two tickets of a corner seat. The last souvenir of their togetherness".

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I've never had such luxuries as this rich hardwood and satin casket.

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Let it rain, he cried out in hopes of hiding his tears.

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The full moon vowed to chage all that, the course of things.

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Cycles from minds do it every time. Bind themselves to certain places.

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The sweetest pain he ever was, he twisted the knife once more.

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Judge's hammer fell hard and distant wailing began. The die were cast.

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Harvey turned his horrifying winds towards the Mainland. He refused to leave.

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The sky was still painted winter; while Earth pushed up the spring.

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When time
to grow up
I'll leave
earth is
one dew drop

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The silent peregrines inflight strike left only a bursted orb of feather.

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The sun is sick and crackheads clutching flyswatters are chasing after bees.

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Gia entered the castle unaware of the dark force that dwelled within.

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Shots.. Silence.. Roar.. Uproar.. and the grocery market pervades uninterrupted as usual.

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Dying, he desperately needed a reason to live. She smiled. He survived.

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She won't forgive you. If you care, she is hoarding your tears.

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Look up the full moon.
Suddenly your face emerges.
The yellow mirror.

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The sun rose.
Enveloping me in it's warm embrace.
A lover's touch.

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Βend in the road then looking back was memories. Never more mirrors.

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The water had not yet crested; again he dove in—searching, frantic.

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Always my theatre...play your part and bleed at the director's cut.

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"There's no hope," she sighed. Gunther smiled. "There's hope. You must believe."

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The horror movie was awesome; Stephen King at his very best y'all.

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Seek not perfection in someone,rather have faith that transforms

things perfectly.

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Finally she realised she was completely fulfilled by her small, quiet life.

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Their lives together began with love; continued in faith; ended with hope.

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The man stepped forward. At first, we thought it was a person.

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"I will stick to you, forever"
said the stamp to the envelop.

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I shouldn't have drunk so much. She pointed the gun at me.

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He knew how to dance. She didn't. He didn't care. She did.

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Worked the janitorial shift all summer. There was nothing clean about it.

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Ηe swore at the screen but was stunned when it shouted back.

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Memory of my first day of school: I learned I was fat.

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The happy house trembled with the gargantuan footfalls of five playful children.

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The sunset kissed what little was left of the town to sleep.

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She brought me tea with a smile. A flower bloomed before me.

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A handful of dirt on a casket.

“You deserved worst,” she whispered.

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The coffin was so small and light he could carry it himself.

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The apprentice sighed heavily as he watched the others practice their spells.

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Now, I look in the mirror and no longer recognize the reflection.

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Dr Jekyll hated hurting people. Mr Hyde released him from all that.

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I closed my eyes and blew out the candle. Maybe this year.

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I have been waiting all my life,' she said, unhooking her bra.

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We were not soldiers. We fought because we could not run away.

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I'm having all these thoughts about you. Do yours include me too?

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Was it "Love at First Sight?"
No.
But my eyes adjusted quickly.

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"This needn't have ended like this" and she jumped from the bridge.

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The disintegrated faces of candidates from campaigns past ruled from stuck-up posters.

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She smashed each mirror she hated herself in. No mirrors were left.

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"Oh, the tales I could tell of my tail," said Mole. "Hair-raising!"

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The stolen fruit wasn’t as sweet as we hoped it would be.

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When the wasps came, it started with only one.

Then came millions.

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New drugs cures racism FDA slated to approve it next Friday. Praying.

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I woke up mid surgery to hear the doctor say, "Uh oh."

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Eating my father was easier than expected - one mouthful at a time.

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Three sisters stand guard,
frozen for eternity,
when the spell goes wrong.

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Please, don't become a prince; said the girl after drawing the frog.

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You remind me of my lovely daughter.'
'I know, Mum,' she whispered.

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He lied about his other girlfriends, she lied about her criminal record.