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Rated: GC · Book · Contest Entry · #2046748

My book for the 30 Day Image Prompt Contest

Hmm, let's see how this goes... *Smirk*


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July 30, 2015 at 9:40am
July 30, 2015 at 9:40am
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The year of the water dragon
bled through the calendar,
seasons merging together
in a chaotic blend of frozen
earth and melting plastic.

We sat on the cement bridge,
legs dangling over the lake and
smoke curling into the air we
shared in the light of the colorful
beast, reflection of orange and
yellow illuminating our pale
faces in quiet accord.
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July 30, 2015 at 9:39am
July 30, 2015 at 9:39am
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The world outside dripped like Dali,
floor to ceiling windows reflecting
a hazy summer day sweltering off
the runway in shimmering waves.

Inside, the air was drunk with vodka
ice cubes and nervous fliers who
may or may not have had one too
many and are bound to hit on the
flight attendant even before takeoff.

My own little space is the thought
bubble between myself and the
terminal, beckoning me to throw
my headphones down and race
the wheelchairs and children who
get to board ten minutes early.

On the other side of the plane lies
an arid desert filled with third cousins
and aunts who have seen me since I
was 'yay high' and still pinch my
cheeks the way they did when I was
'knee-high to a grasshopper.'

But I don't only exist in my own little
mind, burning everyone with irritable
glances and rolling eyes as if anyone
really cares what the stranger in the
back is thinking. I exist in a multitude
of dimensions, fractions of people's
minds I'll never intersect with again.

I'm the nice boy who helped the old
woman with her bags and the total
jerk who didn't let the cell phone
talker cut in line. I'm the cute guy
with the piercings and the scrawny
kid who needs some sun. I'm nothing
and everything all at once to the
strangers in the airport lobby.
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