LJ Idol - Season 9 - Week 14 - Confession from the Chair

Jul 10, 2014 08:46

You’ve probably seen one in more thrift stores than you can care to remember, looking appropriately stained and worn down by the grating sands of time: an old padded recliner, resting unassumingly in a corner, not taking up very much attention at all ( Read more... )

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rayaso July 10 2014, 23:35:14 UTC
Wow! This was very well done. I loved what you did with the prompt and the many excellent turns of phrases.

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eska818 July 11 2014, 06:47:54 UTC
This piece is very evocative, I like it a lot.

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halfshellvenus July 11 2014, 20:08:09 UTC
Evocative with the sense of a full life, and with how vividly all of that is missed. And yet, there's a sense of hope at the end...

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anyonesghost July 12 2014, 12:56:50 UTC
A very potent story, this. I've known a few men like this (and a few chairs, as a result), so this makes perfect sense to me.

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waltzmatildah July 12 2014, 13:03:22 UTC
Oh wow, this is really well crafted.

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