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Cat wrote about the word iron 1 year, 8 months ago
The iron fell, a split second after I moved my hand. “Lucky me,” I growled, more out of frustration than out of shock. My luck was typically bad. A narrow miss with a hot iron was nothing.
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Cat wrote about the word chance 1 year, 9 months ago
“Last chance,” I called out to him, my voice cracking. “You know you don’t wanna miss this!” He turned and smiled at me.
“I’ll see you tomorrow.”
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Cat wrote about the word secretary 1 year, 9 months ago
The secretary sat at her desk, straightening pencils and writing on her blotter. “He’ll be out in a minute,” she told me, without looking up, for the fiftieth time. I was beginning to wonder if he hadn’t instructed her to just say that to everyone.
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Cat wrote about the word poison 1 year, 10 months ago
The poison floated through my veins, leaving me feeling giddy, a little dizzy, and fearless all at once. It was a strange sensation, this stuff. I wasn’t sure I disliked it. I could imagine why other people might, though.
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Cat wrote about the word answers 1 year, 10 months ago
The answers I’d written were scribbled all over in red; it looked like my paper was bleeding from it. I read the comments – “More in-depth.” “Not really.” “I’m not sure you understand.” – but the grade at the top read that I’d received an A-. I blinked and put the homework away before my [...]
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Cat wrote about the word elastic 1 year, 10 months ago
The elastic snapped as he unhooked my bra. “Dammit,” I growled at him, whirling around. “Why the hell do you do that?”
He just grinned, unabashed by my frustration. “Because you’re cute when you’re angry, and unsnapping your bra is THE surefire way to piss you off.”
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Cat wrote about the word driving 1 year, 10 months ago
There I was, driving along highway 9, when I saw it: A car veering off the road, followed by a scream of brakes and the crash of metal on metal. I blinked, though, and it was gone; no car, no crushed glass, just the sickening sensation of déjà vu resting in my midsection like I’d [...]
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Cat wrote about the word canvas 1 year, 10 months ago
The canvas sat there, gleaming white, taunting me. I’d taken the stupid art class to please my mother – she was sitting beside me, dashing away with the paintbrush like it was the only thing preventing the second Coming of Jesus or something. My classmates, too, were daubing at theirs. Mine, however, sat there, waiting [...]
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Cat wrote about the word bulb 1 year, 10 months ago
I can’t see; I just looked up at the bare bulbs in the ceiling fan. I try to blink the afterimage away, but it remains as stark-white against the black of my eyelids. My roommate laughs at me. “What did you expect, silly girl,” he asks jokingly. “I dunno,” I reply with a smile. “I [...]
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Cat wrote about the word wings 1 year, 10 months ago
Wings are fluttering against the bars, the feathers – snowy and soft – singing softly against the metal. The angel sits, defeated.
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Cat wrote about the word muse 1 year, 10 months ago
My muse sat next from me, a book flopped open in the valley formed by her slender legs. I glanced up at her, sporadically, then back at my sketchbook, making each curve and arch look as perfect as she did.
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Cat wrote about the word thunder 1 year, 10 months ago
BOOM. She ducked her head and turned to look at the same time. “Thunder doesn’t have a sight,” I told her, looking up from my computer. She laughed nervously. “Doesn’t mean I won’t try to see it coming, ” she said, blushing a little but not turning away from the window. Reason and thunder, apparently, [...]
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Cat wrote about the word lightning 1 year, 10 months ago
Lightning flashed, lighting up the mirror across the room from me. I jumped and squealed. He came in then, rushing to find out the reason for my squeal. The thunder clapped, making me shriek and rise out of my chair to move away from the window. “Is that all?” he asked, sounding weary, but wearing [...]
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Cat wrote about the word ill 1 year, 11 months ago
Ill. At first, I thought she meant she was “ill” as in pissed off at me, which wasn’t all that uncommon. Then, “ill” as in sneezing, snotty nose, et cetera. But “ill” as in running on limited time?
What would happen to me when her “limited time” was up?
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Cat wrote about the word skeleton 1 year, 11 months ago
The skeleton hung, rather morbidly, in a corner of the room. Mr. DeLaney was notorious for claiming it was a “real” skeleton, although I was convinced the school would never allow him to keep a person in the school. I was still terrified of it, so when he brought it out today, I shrank back [...]
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Cat wrote about the word ticket 1 year, 11 months ago
I’ve been lucky in my driving – I should have had close to a hundred speeding tickets, but I’ve never even been stopped. I drive too fast, but I’m a good driver. This is what I told him, as I drove. Then … Well. I know what it feels like to be inside a pretzel [...]
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Cat wrote about the word violet 1 year, 11 months ago
Her violet hair stood out, even in the bright surroundings. It contrasted with the blues and pinks of the hipster crowd, and the reds of the goths, and the normal colors around her as well. It was beautiful, in its way, but it was strange and something that no one would have expected of her. [...]
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