He said "I hope you feel better", and right away, I did.

***

"I'm sorry, sir, but... she wouldn't let go of my hand. Not since we pulled her out."
Reid shrugged. Gideon clapped him on the shoulder.

***

Disorienting and dirty.

She wore blue today, and I was angry.

***

He notices that his shoelace is undone and rather than tie it he tucks the end into his shoe. (He's not wearing socks.)

***

His fingers have left dry-erase-ink smudges on his forehead, three rounded-edge lines. He mutters that he'll go wash it off, but never does.

and Wilson's girl
she comes floating down
the parachute
was never found

we lock the children
in the roof
and placate them
with green balloons

we spread our quilts out on the lawn
near fireflies that die at dawn

a divine metronome
phosphorescent
wild apple tree
of childhood's name

Her hair was limp; her face was bare and too old for her body. Invariably she wore only black or near-black grey, and her clothes were loose but not baggy. Ready to flee at a moment's notice, she was a footsoldier of an unknown rebellion, a sad warrior woman. Behind the curtains of her hair dangled long, thin earrings, thrown on as an afterthought ( Read more... )

a poem decided it was a human one day

***

(i feel like there's an apple tree inside my body
and i'm in a golden field and
my heart is an apple.)

and when you leave my skin will disappear.

South Park
Just Lost Touch
Prompt #20, "When Lightning Strikes"
G
189 words
Approx Age: 8

Kyle is shaken up by his encounter with "future Stan" in My Future Self 'n' Me.

( 'Oh, I don't know how you made out. I just... lost touch with you.' )

South Park
But He Knew Who I Was
Prompt #22, "A Great Sorrow"
PG
366 words
Approx Age: 17

Stan's grandfather is sick.

Please read the ending author's note.

( 'Isn't it like, if they're really bad, they don't know who you are?' )

South Park
Pretending
Prompt #12, "What Can I Do to Make You See Me?"
PG
791 words
Approx Age: 17

The person having the hardest time accepting Kyle's death is... Kyle.

In case you're wondering: the guy in my icon is not Stan, he just sort of reminds me of him.

( He wonders if Heaven will be a library, and wonders why he's not there yet. )