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One Thousand Word Challenge 236: Pressing Against Time

And so the day continues on. The afternoon, we are here. We are here in the afternoon, feeling time. Pressing against time. Trying to fight time with time in order to relate more time. Problem is that it just keeps … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1505: In a Somewhat Quiet Space

Sitting here in a building, listening to the new These New Puritans album. Sitting here in a somewhat quiet space, but it’s filling with noise. It’s filling with sound, and so are my ears at the same time. It has … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1492: This Isn’t a Great Time

Still no new job and still facing homelessness. Looks like I’ll have a couch in the short-term, at least. That’s a good sign. That’s a relief. But it’s only time. It’s valuable time though, I need to be clear. A … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1487: A Monday Despair Venting

Easy music laps at my soul and upon the divine I stand, shaking my fist whilst looking at the precipice of failure, and shouting “I will NOT. be comforted by you!” It’s an easy life, sometimes. But as I spin … Continue reading

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One Thousand Word Challenge 213: To Persevere

Sometimes I do wonder if I still have it in me to keep going. To persevere through all of this life stuff. I mean, I’m sure I do, but sometimes I really wonder. How have I gone on for as … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1466: More Post-dump Rambling

Of course everything is a mix right now and I have no idea what’s going on. My contract ending is getting close and I’m yet to get a job interview. Need to cast the net wide, all of those things. … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1445: Cold day following a cold day

A cold day following a cold day. A series of cold days. It’s a series of two. I’d say it’s a series of three, but the evening isn’t the entirety of a day, so does it even really count? I … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1209: A Tough Choice

So there’s this gentle music playing right now and occasionally it is cut into by the sound of a drill going off. It creates a contrast that wasn’t needed but it does make one think. Anyway, now that I’m done … Continue reading

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A Poem About a Grim Situation

Not the happiest thing I could’ve written, but it’s what I felt most strongly writing about and so… yeah. Needs a lot of work to read well, but it’s another thing where I feel I get the point across. I … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 862: Denying Responsibility

Very tired I am right now, and whose fault is that? I refuse to accept responsibility. It is not my fault that I am tired, but everyone else’s. They should have known better. On a side note, it is interesting … Continue reading

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