Daily Literature Deviations for February 6th, 2013

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Poetry


Featured by: betwixtthepages

Forward by dreamsinstatic

It's the regrets--the things we
never did and the words we never
said when we should have--that
leave us crippled, not the bruises.
dreamsinstatic offers up a well-known
phrase with a unique, fresh view.



Featured by: LionesseRampant
glass boythe “I love you” never left my lips, for
I thought it might sound pretentious,
assuming,
desperate.
though you wouldn't have heard me,
even if those words had been said.
and even if those words had been said,
your parrot voice would have merely
returned them to me in a gentle, dumb,
answering machine welcome message.
every time we talked,
there was the fear of shattering you.
you were my glass boy, a boy who was
breakable, yet malleable to the heat
of torched pressure.
but still there was me,
foolishly following the glass boy
wherever he might go.
one day my soul slipped in your puddled irises
and when I had come to the ground again,
you'd walked too far a distance for me to follow.
I lamented your loss in my life
until I realized you were never the flesh
I needed you to be.
glass boys will be glass boys.

"glass boy " by doodlerTM

The piece is imaginative to the
highest degree. It uses its words
to paint the delicate picture, then
rips it away from the reader,
making them beg for more.



Featured by: betwixtthepages

Cruel Intentions by LadyLincoln

We've all been there before--
wanting someone so much it
hurts, watching from the
shadows, indecent thoughts
lurking just beneath the surface.
LadyLincoln brings these
sensations to life with this lovely piece.



Prose


Featured by doodlerTM
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Flushed Away by Cerdisinerias

An well-written vignette connecting
the significance of food and joy
within the confines of a family.



Featured by xlntwtch
Small GiftsThe cat who lives in my neighborhood brought me another dead lizard.
"It's lovely," I observed, "but you do realize I have no use for that."
"Oh! I didn't know," the cat replied. "It's how we show affection for our humans.  If you'd like a dead bird instead, that could be arranged."
"No no, I get what you're doing.  It's sweet, really.  It's just--"
She paused from grooming herself to look up at me quizzically.
"It's just... I can't do anything with a dead lizard or bird.  Except throw it away.  Which, by the way, reflects in no way on my appreciation of--"
"Wait," the cat sat up.  "You throw them away?  I worked my ass off to catch that thing.  Least you could do is take a bite."  She nudged the small green body with a paw.
"Here's the deal," I began again.  "What I really need is money. Barring a miracle, I'll be gone from this place at the end of the month.  I'm already behind on the rent."
"But I like you!"

Small Gifts by RalfMaximus

A terrific, very short story that
explains a lot about both a cat
and her neighbor. A must-read
for anyone who has ever known a
cat, and for those who never have.




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