Mikal *A Four Year Smithie* M.'s Posts
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December 17, 2009 11:16 PM EST --
So here's the sitch...I'm here in the good ol' US of A, and as much as I enjoy this country, my boyfriend lives on the Emerald Island. That's problem number one. Problem number two is I'm a soon-to-be . . .
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November 23, 2009 12:49 AM EST --
“Ratigan! When will you learn?”
The young man cringed as he was hit hard by his boss’s cruel billingsgate that seemed especially relentless that day. With his head bent . . .
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October 16, 2009 08:38 PM EDT --
Her again. Always walking adjacent to her shadow, she kept up a quick pace with a constricted gait. Her long dress is to blame for that. Long hair overflows upon her back and covers her like . . .
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October 16, 2009 02:38 PM EDT --
Gazing down curiously, the little girl humors herself by distorting her face at the clear puddle of collected rain. Bulging her eyes, puffing her cheeks, and tugging on her ears, she indulges in being . . .
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October 16, 2009 12:11 PM EDT --
Ch. 2
It was around nine in the evening when Kurtis returned home. His younger sister was asleep on the couch, illuminated by the flashing commercial on the television. Although . . .
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October 15, 2009 09:33 PM EDT --
CH. 1
“Down Doug!”
Stumbling backwards from the fence, the boy fell into the gravel road stricken with terror. The road of myriad pebbles embedded a couple of . . .
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October 15, 2009 09:01 PM EDT --
Her loving eyes examined me, sizing up the whole five feet and eight inches of my body, but boy were they gorgeous. Big, wide, circles of mocha brown barely blinked as they watched my every move. . . .
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May 28, 2009 12:04 PM EDT --
Prey of the Green Monster
For the next two weeks the snake accompanied me while I polished up the grand finale of my dance. My mother had become much more despondent except . . .
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May 27, 2009 12:14 PM EDT --
I was glared at with a quizzical yet terrified look. Neither of us knew how to handle my demand, both being unaccustomed to its powerful presence. After some minutes, she dropped her arms to . . .
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May 26, 2009 11:45 AM EDT --
“All a dog wants is to be happy.”
He stroked the rolls back from the Labrador’s eyes. She was laying on the coupled chair next to his with her head draped over the edge. The . . .
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May 26, 2009 11:16 AM EDT --
King of Diamonds
I didn’t wake up in the manner you may have imagined. There were no words of disdain or violent shaking; instead, I woke up to a dull and penetrating pain . . .
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May 23, 2009 07:14 PM EDT --
I distinctly remember one night my spirits were low after a warning of disownment, and my only resolution was to wander about aimlessly when I eventually found a small pond close to the entrance . . .
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May 21, 2009 12:16 PM EDT --
A Vision Perhaps
I remember days where I could barely walk because my toes were so bloody or my feet were too sore. My legs would cramp up at night and my back would ache intolerably. . . .
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May 20, 2009 11:52 AM EDT --
It is only through hearsay that I gained this much information, and yet some more. My mother was deemed the most graceful and artistic dancer of our people. It is said that when she spun on her toes, . . .
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May 19, 2009 11:06 PM EDT --
My Roots are Rotten
Please don't ask of my name or why I chose not to disclose it to you. It is too much of a painful matter, and my mouth has become infested with dry spit from retelling . . .
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August 04, 2008 03:56 PM EDT --
*Rough Draft
Eighty years had he but vitality he had not. Early mornings were troublesome and melancholy. It became laborious each morning to heave his decomposing body from the . . .
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April 27, 2008 06:22 PM EDT --
The morning sun masked my eyes with a creeping ray that crawled across my lids. I felt the warmth of the new day and welcomed the brisk wind into the room. When I pulled the heavy window up, I looked . . .
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April 14, 2008 04:25 PM EDT --
(A project I'm starting. Hopefully I can sell these stories at a small price and raise money to fix the parks in my town. Tell me what you or your young ones think of these stories! Thanks!)
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March 20, 2008 03:47 PM EDT --
Nature is best experienced in the quiet meditating state; when all the colors are examined and each noise is heard. Windy days are most agreeable as the breeze sweeps through your body, reminding you . . .
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March 13, 2008 11:35 AM EDT --
It's the little things, you know? The first abundance of them are treated with a turn of te cheek, but they add up and overwhelm. I try to believe people are considerate and I want to put my trust . . .
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