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Disappearing Ink

     She left me a small stack of papers and asked if I would read it.  Said it was

a short story she had been working on.  I sat d                                over by the

window, the light was always better there any                                   ad plenty of

time so I said I would.  It was a story about a                                      whose mother

had past away when she was very young, le                                          father who

drank too much just to ease the pain of rai                                              but as time went

on, abuse and anger began to fill the hous                                                 ool just so people

woundn't see the marks and bruises.  Her                                                 ause that's when

everything started getting worse.  The att                                                 t night.  He was

always stronger so it was difficult to fight b                                               reaming at the top

of h        ice, calling her a cheap little whore a                                          ntil she just couldn't

tak          nymore.  She had tried many times t                                      lice station until her

fath        ame to pick her up.  He would tell them                                  self and that she was

gett       ossional help with her problems. I stopped                             ying to figure how such

a sto     ome from someone so sweet and friendly, b                       st fiction. I glanced down

at the   mall stack and realised there were just a few more pages, so I continued reading.  As

the story went o                                     hat this just wasn't a story she had thought up, more like a sui 

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Just an image I had in my head. Playing with form, hope you get the idea and the bigger picture.
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  • WitchGirl
    October 29, 2007

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    interesting...a bit hard for me to grasp after working with infants all day (they fry my brain) but i like the idea. blessed be.


  • PerfectTonight
    October 26, 2007
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  • PerfectTonight
    October 26, 2007

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    I love the message but I love the gutsy, unique, abstract for m even MORE!! YAYY. The form really adds to the message which is genius. Can't wait to see more of your work!!

    Thank you for this amazing piece!