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Daily Lit Deviations for August 7^th, 2012

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Poetry

_{Featured by: spoems}
ThirstThirst
You cut to tatters my red skirt, the red of Jezebel's blood.
You wear black pants, white shirts. You want to be a preacher,
God's words cleansing you. "How many angels
can dance on the head of a needle," I ask?
The dogs drink until their muzzles are painted tongues, arthuriums.
And somewhere else a king sends his beloved's husband
into a battle where he will die. Maybe the dogs will drink his blood
and transcend into feathers. His blood is innocent
caked with sand and grit, hard as a pea. The princess shivers sleepless,
a hard knot of something unknown prodding her spine.
My heart knots whenever I see you with love and sin.
When you hold me down, your fingers spread like twigs
from my shoulders. I fall, wanting you not God.
"They have no bodies," you whisper, "That is grace."
Redemption is a stone you suck on to forget the taste
of my skin, thirst. The princess wakes wanting red wine,
no unknowns, nothing that can touch and prick,
leaving a slow bleeding inside. Oblivion not abs
Thirst by swansisters

<sub>There is both a precision and an ineffable chaos
to the bright misery wielded by :devswansisters, well
evidenced in this impelling poem.


Featured by: Carmalain7</sub>
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The Photographer and the Starlet by pomohippie7

<sub>Camera lenses just have a way of seeing things.


Suggested by: WritersInk
Featured by: betwixtthepages</sub>
My Wonderland.Daily trials, a slip, a smile.
Come and walk my path a while.
Don't be shy, I'll pull you close,
I'll show you what I fear the most.
Here's the key, the choice is yours.
Do you dare pass through the door,
To leave the normal world behind,
And catch a glimpse of what's inside?
Be careful as you reach across,
Into this world that never was.
It might sink deep into your bones
And start to feel a lot like home.
Step into a world of dreams,
Held in place by breaking seams,
Feel the ghosts of doubt begin
To settle deep beneath your skin.
Don't be scared, here take my hand,
I'll show you through my wonderland.
Come and taste a broken soul
Tumbling down the rabbit hole.
A final word, no going back,
Now you're here inside the black.
Come along, there's much to see
Let's start with splintered memories.
Of places lost and moments taken
Stolen words and big mistakes
That shaped the world you see before you
Ripped apart the things that I knew.
All these things that made me hide
Away deep down insid
My Wonderland. by Dreams-Of-Lightning

_{From the suggester:  Dreams-Of-Lightning conveys a
sinister darkness in this piece. As suspense builds, so does
unraveling reality in this fine fixed-form poem. The tension in
the piece is skillfully built up throughout, and supported by some
vivid and provoking imagery which really does make this something
of a chilling read.}

Prose

_{Featured by: SilverInkblot}
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Lost [For] Words by WriteByNumbers

<sub>An appeal to the dictionary, for those times when
we just can't find the right words to describe what we're feeling.


Featured by xlntwtch</sub>
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Valley Girl by neurotype-on-discord

_{Many folks in California will know amusement is ahead
of them when they see the title, but nothing prepares anyone
for quite as much laughter as this story delivers.}





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_{Prepared by: spoems}