slapdashmonuments
Joined Ficlatté in September 2014
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Inspiration hits with a flash, stories written on the go. A rumble of laughter and the tale is heard only in echoes. The wind blows me in a new direction. Whom shall I visit next?
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Family History Time!
My name is Boopy Daniels. I just wanted to tell you the origin of my name, since lots of people seem…
Published 9 years ago.
3 Word Prompt: evocative, eloquent, and ebullient
Dear!
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You're so eloquent as you improvise in song
A rivulet of notes with the flotsam of your th…
Published 9 years ago.
3 Word Prompt: Lost, absolution, and peace
I am blissful, at peace.
I have worked for so long to achieve this state.
I know I had my personal…
Published 9 years ago.
Emotions and Anaesthetics
Emotions rage & flare inside my mind
I panic, scream, & quiver oftentimes,
But these explosive fee…
Published 9 years ago.
The One Perfect Face (3/3)
It is indeed a special, ineffable moment when a movie director falls hopelessly in love, but when I …
Published 9 years ago.
The One Perfect Face (2/3)
To me, she wasn't just from this place, she was the place. I met her gaze when we stood face to fa…
Published 9 years ago.
The One Perfect Face (1/3)
And then I saw her, the face I'd been hoping to find ever since arriving in the country. I had arriv…
Published 9 years ago.
Student Driver
Sylvester was learning to drive his brand new Model T Ford. His brother in law Harwell was in the pa…
Published 9 years ago.
Needlework
Rebecca, distressed, started ripping up the seams she had just completed, her mouth pursed and disap…
Published 9 years ago.
Wildean Fragment 5
One dazzling evening, Mr. Dover Beach was lunching with me and tossing his curls. One of the curls f…
Published 9 years ago.
Wildean Fragment 4
‘Good-bye, dear Prince!’ he murmured, ‘will you let me kiss your hand? I am going to the House of De…
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Wildean Fragment 3
What Lord Shillingsly didn't realize was the magnitude of the gift he was to give to her in exchange…
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Wildean Fragments 1, 2
"Yes, sir," he said, and closed the door with a slight bang. Odd, thought Howard as he lit a new an…
Published 9 years ago.
Rap Scallion, Verse 2
Well you know I'm the seasoning of our discontent
Y'all're killin our kids and you say it's well mea…
Published 9 years ago.
Rap Scallion, Verse 1
I am the hip-hop green onion,
They call me the Rap Scallion
To quote Damon Runyon,
I look like a …
Published 9 years ago.