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Vote for me in LJ Idol?
If any of my friend's list wants to, I could really use some votes in LJ Idol this week:
http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/560771.html#cutid1
Of course, before you vote, you should read my entry:
http://similiesslip.livejournal.com/66374.html
And only give me a vote if you think I deserve one.
Either way, I recommend you read the entries of the ( Read more... ) -
Title: "All The World's a Dollhouse"
Title: "All The World's a Dollhouse"
Round and round, round and round.
I coasted down the narrow path, standing hard on my brakes when I reached the door.
When I was eleven, I thought of my bike as that pony I had always wanted, the tassels on her handles waving in the wind like a long, trailing tail. Like any proper horse, she had a name. Abigail ( Read more... ) -
Title: "My Sworn Enemy"
W.F. whispers my name. His tone is gentle, not like the shrill bitchy tone my alarm adopts at unseemly hours.
“Maria,” he says. “Do they always have to make it on time? A tardy won’t kill them!”
But I turn away from his honeyed whispering and peel myself from my pillow. The bitchy alarm wins again.
Children sent off to school, the whispers began ( Read more... ) -
Title: "Crossing to Adulthood"
princess_charming: you there?
shoutingviolet: hey! was just about to head to bed. thought you were over at emmas tonight
princess_charming: we went to a party then I went to lukes place
shoutingviolent: luke as in chem class luke?
princess_charming: XD
shoutingviolet: omg! AND?!!
princess_charming: his parents were out to dinner
princess_charming: their ( Read more... ) -
The Real LJ Idol: "Stirring Up Change"
Stirring Up Change
real lj idol | week 21
The Straw That Stirs the Drink- an Idol Intersection with halfshellvenus
Can't you just listen for a minute?
I hate to think of the hurt forming in your eyes. I know it seems like I don't care about you, but I do.
Believe it or not, I didn't start this just to hurt you.
I didn't even like him when I first saw him. Honestly, he ( Read more... ) -
"The End?"
"The End?"
Deep in the ground
Hands unmarked by struggle
You never had the chance to stop
Stop the bullet,
Stop the death
Stop the ending of your dreams.
Your name heads every news page
Within your face, we see our own prejudice.
We realize we haven’t been as color-blind
As we profess to be.
We see a nation still torn
Who trusts skin rather than the hearts of ( Read more... ) -
Title: "Hearts"
I lick my dry lips. I long for the quenching relief, to flow into my mouth and refresh my soul but even this is denied me. It's early on Valentine's Day 2006 but I'm not awake for some romantic action or loving experience. I'm heading to the hospital as soon as I get ready.
The dripping of the faucet after my shower reminds me of my mission, to stop ( Read more... ) -
Passion in the Seventies
He bounds down the stairs, moving quickly, to unlock the door for me. I admire his movements, not out of lust but with hope. When I am 74 years old, I want to live and move like Dr. Elmore.
I'm taking four classes this semester. Two of them are online classes from old Doc Elmore. Now, I say old because he is (I think) the oldest professor at my ( Read more... ) -
Touched by the Sunshine
We don’t even live in the same country or follow the same clock. When I am waking my children each morning, likely she is putting hers to bed. If we think of each other, it’s probably never even at the same time.
Her womb is swelling with a new life and my womb is non- existent, tossed out after my operation. She has experience as a ( Read more... ) -
A Tentative "Bye" this Week for The Real LJ Idol
I really want to, as Gary said, "Step it up and prove I deserve a place in the top 100" but, at this point, I am going to declare a "bye" (but go ahead and "take it back" if I can manage to get an entry posted ( Read more... )