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A Short Story — by Samad Kidwai
From the Community
Once there was a little person, her name was solstice, it was a salty name but we all accepted it. Names are there for a reason; for identity. We forget at times what it means to lead, we think leadership deserves followers but followers are one and there is none.
The woman escaped, the little person helped, the woman came back to life, this time in time for a reservation. Trains don't move like that; their charts are off the rails, yet we rallied the rallies with trails. There is a mountain of trails that we live in and we exhaust ourselves. The exertion exemplifies us and it means nought to some and ought to some.
I have felt incapacitated with understanding that terrifies the little me but this is about a two that are beyond that, therefore the big me says 'achha' and moves sideways.
This is contraindicative of connivance and I use that word dualistically but what of it. There is a beautiful sole dualistic soul energy that rebalance on account of the scales. But the scales are reptilian and the snakes were right for once. They gather disturbances because they like to hide away, a cold place of love they come and seek warmth that is too demanding of them yet that is so he can show love by being true to the rituals.
There is an excess at times and time is a timely temple. That is one symbol I forced myself to abuse and did so in a dualistical manner.
Autocrats are mobile, they roam like vacuous vagrants with vapid desire and full of obviousity. The thing that binds us is the love for this giant.
There is a sensibility that can get devolved and then it evolves in a hectic chaos. The chaos is a state of relief as there is a lot to track, once the chaos is gone there is only love and live extends to surpass itself.
Limericks are funnerific
Tediousness is decorum
Loveliness is absentia
Goodness nought
Help is abound
- Samad Kidwai
2.
1,002,046 Peculiar Prompts — by Very Nice
From the Internet
Over 1 million peculiar prompts for exploring, making, thinking and writing.
It’s a PDF which you can download below, provided by verynice.co who does some great creative work for non-profits.
You can also check out their library for more free resources.
3.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull - by Richard Bach
From the Offline
It’s short, it’s optimistic, it’s on paper. So enjoy some time off-screen!
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