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Literature
bus
dust animals
loll and swirl against
fake forest leather
peering
(around sable beaststrands,
sun-sullied to pyrite)
at a garbled missive
scratched and misconstrued,
its stories unvoiced-
"warm is uncomfortable;
cold is far worse."
Literature
Nowhere
They were everything, the stars –
their hope we harbored in our pockets,
and it seeped under our fingernails in the winter cold
until we bled and breathed them, believed
their possibilities cupped like fireflies
in our hands – we went to sleep to them
and woke to their memory, dreamed
them in between – we ourselves
piloting the ships of tomorrow.
They called us, stringing their melodies
down to earth in half-remembered
filaments of color: we whispered our promises
up in return, the four of us,
our breaths frosting windows as we
stared up and pointed at the darkening sky.
Lodged in our eyes and minds, the stars,
and th
Literature
New Job
First day on the job
"So," he said, leering at me over the table, messy sandwich in hand, "how long have you been eating yogurt?" My yogurt laden spoon paused in mid air, and in the moment it took me to think, (how long had I been eating yogurt? When was my first time?) I watched oily, shredded lettuce tumble from his sandwich onto the table. The question seemed loaded.
"Oh, probably only the last couple of years; you know, like, seriously." I said this airily, as his tone of voice had implied that this yogurt-eating habit of mine was a potential hot spot in our relationship. He said nothing, but continued to peer intensely across the table
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This is a story I wrote for the short SHORT story competition. Since the story is 500 words long, I won't write much here. Take a look at my first DA attempt on flash fiction! Mature content for some strong language and violence.
EDIT Some editing after considering the comments posted. Thanks, guys and girls.
SECOND EDIT If you read `Bringa 's crit below, you'll understand why it was mandatory.
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EDIT Some editing after considering the comments posted. Thanks, guys and girls.
SECOND EDIT If you read `Bringa 's crit below, you'll understand why it was mandatory.
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Wow... very awesome story.. I like the backwards storyline.. very cool.. the characters arent that indepth and theres a lot of room for growth into a full story.. but it works as a short.. kick ass endeavor my friend..