slapdashmonuments
Joined Ficlatté in September 2014
232 stories, 1 challenge, 1 prompt, 230 comments, and 37 friends
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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?
All Stories
Death, Cheated (2)
Perhaps, indeed, without his fell permission,
The rotting won't have started. I'll be still
In fresh…
Published 8 years ago.
Pity and Purge
It's largely a shame
That the ones who have what is needed
Just don't like to share.
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Those who hav…
Published 8 years ago.
Rapture and Fatigue--Director's Cut
My heart has just burst
With a pain most exquisite-
Jumping on blisters
^
O I am weary!
My thoughts …
Published 8 years ago.
Rapture and Fatigue
My heart exploded today
With a pain most exquisite
Like acne under digital pressure
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Published 8 years ago.
Swinging Fun
Kathy von Carey
Hung on the lamppost
Bucking and swaying
Then slipping again
.
Leaping to snatch it
…
Published 8 years ago.
Julias Ptarmigan, Swerver
I coast along without a plan into the foyer where the little rags grow
Into the Toyota's lobby of th…
Published 8 years ago.
mind purge 2
when gush becomes a trickle, when the pressure
no longer seeks to split my seams asunder,
i'll take …
Published 8 years ago.
Mind Purge 1
a slurry jet of words, propelled by fear
of you, and what you'll think of me, erupts
from deep withi…
Published 8 years ago.
Wizarding Bee Levels: A New Year's Premise
So by now we all know that there’s no logical explanation why honeybees can fly, weight and wings an…
Published 8 years ago.
why I bother
I don't know why I bother
I struggle thrash and flounder
I pitch my tent at Deva Station
They're str…
Published 8 years ago.
Three Word Prompt: Sheridan's Cosmos
Sheridan lay on the hill amidst the sound of crickets and cicadas, the recently mown grass pricking …
Published 8 years ago.
The Fawn and the Turtles (7)
Troubled, Rnfl made a seventeen point turn and vanished into the underbrush, nearby the combover. Th…
Published 8 years ago.
The Fawn and the Turtles (6)
Watching from a distance, Cornflap studied the perplexed deerling, not even a yearling yet. With the…
Published 8 years ago.
The Fawn and the Turtles (5)
Tamsin knew sleep could bring healing, but surely this was something more. She'd had cuts and scrape…
Published 8 years ago.
The Fawn and the Turtles (4)
It was a long time before Tamsin's young soul could decide whether it would stay with her, or depart…
Published 8 years ago.