slapdashmonuments

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?

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As it Was in the Beginning (2/2)

The details of my enterprise--my private toil--

You abused me each night, satisfied I was loyal

Savv…

Published 8 years ago.

As it Was in the Beginning (1/2)

---And this is the time when you send me back

Back over the junkyard, across the track

And under aba…

Published 8 years ago.

The Lilacs and the Tarpit

The lilacs blow along the banks

Not far from barrels, tubs, and tanks

They wave so gently in the bre…

Published 8 years ago.

The New Pickles!--A resumation and hexhumation

Well the new pickles of the litter got along great with me, we played tag and price and code and dea…

Published 8 years ago.

The new pickles! --An Enthusiasm

Dear Dairy,

Today was an awesome day! !

You know that carton of pickles in the back of our fridge, …

Published 8 years ago.

Ultimate Goal

But no, I’ll stumble on, on trembling legs,

In hopes this seething street leads me to rest,

And dr…

Published 8 years ago.

Finishing Line

The end I seek, I cannot see from here

I do not know exactly what I’ll find

Or even if I can suppres…

Published 8 years ago.

Sonnet: Rhymes first, poem second: Shakespearean

Title: The Spear Not Shaken

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I know your voice; your words are passing Sweet.

They cloy the …

Published 8 years ago.

Sestina: The Dashed Line (2/2)

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The cars soon sensed their venerable cable

Was slipping in its grip, as sky turned pitch.

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The …

Published 8 years ago.

Sestina: The Dashed Line (1/2)

From peak to lodge, too tightly stretched the cable;

It glinted in the dying light of fall-

Fresh su…

Published 8 years ago.

Friendship Anxiety

I hope that I can find a proper manner

To make new friends and treat them as they’d choose,

So they …

Published 8 years ago.

Downstream

As water flowed, it washed me all away:

The elements that made me what I am;

My hopes and visions,…

Published 8 years ago.

Gray Blind 4

With one socked foot, Rachael pressed against the glass door tentatively, listening hard. Her eye wa…

Published 8 years ago.

Gray Blind 3

Rachael's eyes could not focus. Where was the glass wall? Where was the bathroom door? It all appear…

Published 8 years ago.

Gray Blind 2

Her faded blue jeans--faded through use, not by chemicals at a factory--seemed to be slit into strip…

Published 8 years ago.

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