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Andy King commented on the post, holder 10 months ago
I’ve had the key for over seven years. When they call for the door to be opened, I am ready. The door holds back.
door holds back as I
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Andy King commented on the post, suspects 10 months ago
They sat on the curb
waiting for an
arrivalby whom they
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Andy King commented on the post, stretcher 10 months, 1 week ago
Bound between two boards
the canvass thread strains
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Andy King commented on the post, decorations 10 months, 1 week ago
Th lights in her room cast a red, blue, and green hue over the sheets. We brush against each other in anticipation.
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Andy King commented on the post, adviser 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Since then I don’t trust myself. I don’t. In relationships, with work and school, even what I should wear in the morning. There’s an app for all that. I made it. So maybe that does mean I trust myself?
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Andy King wrote about the word savage 1 year, 4 months ago
Ruthless, they ravaged the convenience store. Ransacked the chips and cigarrettes.
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Andy King wrote about the word remember 1 year, 11 months ago
…when we did that thing at that place? It was a rockin’ good time. Yeah.
Totally. I can’t say I’ve had a better second date.
Is your tongue tied or are you being honest?
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Andy King wrote about the word despair 1 year, 11 months ago
Oh the winds of fortune have turned. It was fifteen years ago I started this endeavor, but how quickly things have faltered and fell. Where can I turn now? Nowhere. Nowhere.
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Andy King wrote about the word bee 2 years, 2 months ago
Bzzzzz.
The toddler eyed the bee, flying around the back patio. The bee flitted from yellow flower to pink flower and finally to the toddler’s purple sleeved arm.
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Andy King wrote about the word final 2 years, 2 months ago
It’s up! Over. Done.
“These are the final results of your most recent test, sir,” the nurse said. “You may be unsatisfied.”
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Andy King wrote about the word specific 2 years, 2 months ago
The instructions were clear and constricting. We had to use five pens for one essay in two hours. Now, that’s not so bad. There had to be 1205 words and a prime number of syllables.
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Andy King wrote about the word basic 2 years, 2 months ago
The short and end of it was we would have to make do with what we had. That is: two bikes (one with broken handlebars), a rickety shed, four empty oil barrels, and that’s it.
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Andy King wrote about the word cheap 2 years, 2 months ago
There were cheap clothes all around the thrift store. Jackets, pants, orange tees with white frilled lace collars. White frilled lace collars? How unusual! Where, who designed this?
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Andy King wrote about the word keychain 2 years, 2 months ago
The keychain scratched across the windshield as the snow fell. The key rattled over indents in the glass and he could feel their sudden tugs on his arm.
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Andy King is in the house. 2 years, 2 months ago