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Daily Lit Deviations for February 11^th, 2012

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Poetry

_{Suggested by xlntwtch
Featured by betwixtthepages}

white noiseThe only thing that seems to keep the world out of my head these days
is white noise
it's a rush of excitedly flapping wings
it's nothing you could grasp but a sound and a colour that is none
I try to keep the world out
(she is playing her music too loud too much these days)
and I think of you, ears buzzing with white noises until they ache.
And I catch myself thinking
I wish you were my white noise -
the sound in between my heartbeats,
the same words whispered so close to my ear they sound like beautiful little secrets,
the rock I cling to when the waves crash violently all around me to keep from drowning, I wish you were
my home, my favourite pair of arms, my heart, my safe place, the one to soothe my mind.
I wish you were so many more things
than just far away and as impossible to touch
as white noise.

white noise by miserabel

<sub>The way this writer uses a "non-colour" to describe
feelings and life dreams is a fantastic example of how a
good writer can find something to explore. The idea of
distance being compared to white noise is gorgeous,
and will make readers ponder long after finishing this piece.


Featured by: betwixtthepages</sub>
note to self [narcissist].please dear
don't find yourself so fascinating
you're tripping up on your own inadequacies
as if the world's
never seen them before
please dear
you've really got to stop
this dog-and-pony show
this "welcome-to-my-personal-tragedy"
exhibition
really dear
you've done nothing but make
a damned fool
of yourself.
note to self [narcissist]. by edge-of-psychosis

_{We all do it: put our tragedies, our sorrows,
on display for all the world to see. We all do it, and
we all find comfort in being comforted for it. This
lovely poem, by edge-of-psychosis, is a plea
for the self to change.}

Prose

_{Featured by doodlerTM}
Kindred SpiritsThe sky was framed by a rim of delicate ice from shattered snow crystals. Claire would've called it hoar-frost except she didn't think that's what it was. Interesting word though, she rolled it around in her mouth as she stared unblinkingly up at the blue, blue sky. It got darker in the middle like glaze pooling at the bottom of a ceramic bowl. The cold seeped through her thin jacket and her hands were clenched tight into fists shoved deep in her pockets in an attempt to keep feeling in the tips of her fingers.
Despite the cold she was calm, comfortable even, and there was something about the blue of the sky that made her feel like if she kept staring long enough she could unravel all the secrets of the universe. Every answer to every question was somewhere in that blue.
"Are you lost?" asked a voice, a red nosed girl stood over her, face intruding into Claire's snow framed picture of the sky.
Claire took a deep breath, feeling ice cold air cut the back of her throat.
"No," she said.
"
Kindred Spirits by Mertus

<sub>A tale of a friendship that is
as quickly forgotten as it is formed.


Featured by: SilverInkblot</sub>

3.14The boy sat on the edge of the wooden pier shivering as the ocean that once hugged him tightly dripped off his body in disgust, leaving only a thin layer of green sludge between his skin and the crisp air around him. The smell of dead fish rose out of the ocean grave and wrapped around him until his nose could no longer smell it at all. As the sun left the hazy blue sky, he watched the boisterous boats tread further into the ocean until they were eaten whole by the horizon. His stomach bubbled, gurgling as if to imitate a toddler drowning.
“You. Your shift’s  been outta here for an hour,” a man, dressed in rubber rain clothes and black boots said. “We don’t pay ya to loiter after your deed is done.”
“You don’t pay me at all,” Pi mumbled, directing his eyes away from the murky green water and towards the man’s agitated eyes. “What? You don’t.”
“I pay ya plenty,” the man sneered, “for a rat-bo
3.14 by saevuswinds

_{With great imagery and interesting characters,
"3.14" offers a brief but well-written story about a boy
and how he deals with problems and change. The ending
gives a great sense of irony and wordplay.}

Foreign Language

_{Featured by Exnihilo-nihil}
AquarelleSur l'infini blanc
La touche céruléenne
Une étoile d'eau
(c)2013 Didizuka-don't use it without permission
Aquarelle by didizuka
_{A simple and beautiful haiku, with a good
use of sonority (the liquid "L" well placed.)}

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