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Aliyu's avatar

The boy wishes to dance but has no dancing shoes, he wishes to dance but has no garment too, he wishes to dance but has no lass, he wishes to dance, a sign of a man, almost.

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Pedro Lázaro Mendes's avatar

The evening breeze caressed the trees, tenderly

The trembling trees embraced the breeze, tenderly

Then you and I came wandering by

And lost in a sigh were we

The shore was kissed by sea and mist, tenderly

I can't forget how two hearts met breathlessly

Your arms opened wide and closed me inside

You took my lips, you took my love so tenderly

The evening breeze erased the trees, tenderly

The trembling trees embraced the breeze, tenderly

Then you and I came wandering by

And lost in a sigh were we

Oh, the shores were kissed by the mist, tenderly

I can't forget how two hearts met, tenderly

Your arms opened wide

And closed me inside

You took my chops away from pops, tenderly

Oh tenderly

Tenderly

Oh, oh

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Jimmy Henderson's avatar

I finished my last peanut butter and cracker and liked the knife, satisfied.

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Theodore Douglas Schurr's avatar

The orphan stayed all day inside the yurt watching the fire burn low, pleasantly.

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Gustavo Desouza's avatar

The Judge was naked with a crown of thorns stuck in his bloodied eyes, monarchically.

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Bianichka (Bianca)'s avatar

Ceramic shards scattered across the floor surrounding her feet and she was scolded by the Geisha, vituperatively.

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Stefan Baciu's avatar

Costin Sârbu tried blending in but his depravity—his lust for life as he called—made him grind against the strangers on the dance floor, gingerly.

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Christian Chacon's avatar

My anxious tutor sat tapping her pen and foot, impatiently. Waiting for me to finish what I'm sure she thought was an incredibly easy test.

It's D! she snapped, finally. All of the above!

I penciled in the last bubble. That's what I thought it was, I said, proudly (and meant it)!

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Matthew Scott Park's avatar

In The Depressed Person, Wallace’s conundrum, are we listening to an afflicted person’s tortured inner life or are we watching the actual protagonist, depression, controlling her like a marionette?, leaves the stupefied reader without resolution, defiantly.

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