“I cannot believe that our mutual affections would come as much of a surprise to society, or to either of our families,” Charles had said to her rather abruptly, but gently, with a gentle smile, as they dined quietly near the Opéra-Comique. She faintly smiled in reply. “Do forgive my presumption,” he added.
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When I was five years old, it was hard for me to make affiliations in my family. As a toddler, Dad’s namesake, oldest male child and best looking, I received all the oohs and aahs I needed for a healthy ego by just showing up...
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I didn’t think she would come, but there she was. At her entrance, SuzeN successfully sucked the oxygen out of the already stale room,
Read MoreSomeday someone may discover us here,
cloaked in darkness,
only the most sensitive instruments
able to detect our human warmth.
Twice now I’ve seen it, a small
white pine staked by a lonely
stretch of road where someone
perished in an accident
Small and alone in the dying light, she watches him leave, unaware of the outstretched wings at her back.
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One pill disrupts the world
Saving the beauty of its moon
Forestalling the inevitable
For the arrogant pleasure of one.
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