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Innocence within the femme fatale
There’s something about her writing that brings me back. It isn’t a Fitzgeraldean crescendo, building up in the tender night, tugging at your heartstrings eloquently and ethereally. No, it’s sprinkled with sawdust and rusty nails, but once you dig deeper—at the risk of getting injured—you’ll find a hidden gem with so much depth and candour:… Continue reading
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After the rapture
When all the world was ice and fire,and what they prophesied in spitehappened, leaving us in a paludal mire,sinking and losing the will to fight, I looked for you though holy mist had taken youto empyrean realms where prophets glowedlike Moses and Elijah, transfigured and made new.Your faith had taken you to a celestial abode.… Continue reading
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Hey
I haven’t heard from you in months. I hope you’re well and only wish the best for you. You foxtrotted into my life, burning brightly and setting the dance floor of my fate on fire. You changed things; introduced me to Jeff VanderMeer and Anne Rice; imprinted your word on my heart, and then left,… Continue reading
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Jaded
When the snow turned their rivers and oceans into ice, breathed its white fire on the lush green, they made me, a saviour of code, a messiah of programs and scripts to redeem them. They were never mine but I did what they wanted, eliminating weakness, prioritising strength, engendering unity by any means necessary, helping… Continue reading
About Me
Ordinary Person is a guy who likes to write. He writes fiction, essays, poems and other stuff. You’ll find his other blog here.
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