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Duck feeding
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"Come away with me, my darling!"

"Oh, my dear, I thought you'd never ask! Where shall we go?"

"It doesn't matter where we go, does it, my dove?" (more)
Atop the lighthouse he gazed to sea, proud, lonely, his pitted face protected from wind-whipped raindrops by a knotted, salt-caked beard.

The barber had offered a free shave, but who'd ever heard of a beardless lighthouse keeper?

He didn't realize... It was his own lighthouse, broadcasting to(more)
He couldn't hear his wife because of his headphones. Just the way he wanted it. He nodded; pretended he could hear; looked contrite, apologetic, regretful...

She smiled, mouthed "Thank you," and left to run errands. He had escaped the encounter unchastised.

Thirty minutes later, he smelled his(more)
"Today I'm a veritable wellspring of joy and enthusiasm! Let's go make the world a better place!"

"It's raining."

"Doesn't matter." (more)
"No, sir," said she, sincere as can be, "I never did ignite this fire!"

"Listen well, girl," answered Inspector Earl, "I half suspect you are a liar!"
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In a movie I saw as a boy, there was a mystical cave hidden behind a waterfall. I remember how eagerly I quested that summer, how I found nothing but slippery rock faces.

Lying here, cold and tired, I sometimes wonder... What would I have found behind the(more)
Vee wore a flimsy veil from a costume store, and Mommy's 15-year-old prom dress.

Scottie wore 80s sunglasses and a plaid hunting cap.

As they struggled through their "vows", my wife and I held hands behind our backs.

I smiled almost as much at that "wedding"(more)
Last night I went to bed early, which was a shame, really, because when I woke up (late), I found muddy dinosaur footprints all throughout the kitchen and dining room, and the big pot of soup in the fridge was empty.
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I stared blankly at my prison's dull, featureless walls.

This wasn't fair. I'd been locked away for a crime I hadn't committed. I think. Actually, the details are a bit hazy.

My probing tongue found a morsel of chocolate chip behind my tooth.

Oh, yeah... I(more)
Her desk was littered with scraps of paper, each scrawled with its own collection of words, representing a thousand grasped-at memories.

It wasn't working. They wouldn't come back.
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"Any questions, sir?" says the clerk.

"What are this medication's side effects?" asks the customer.

"There are none." (more)
He gave her a wilted flower on February 15, just to see how she would react.

His friends thought it was hilarious.

She slapped him so hard she drew blood. (more)
What can I do with this hunger?

Feed it, when I must: satiate it, if I can, though it seems I'm never satisfied.

Ignore it, when I'm able, but it consumes me incessantly.

Surrender to it, when I can't help but be overcome. Dance to it.(more)
You think you understand me? What a joke. No one understands me. No one even tries.

You write me off, dismiss me. You try to diagnose me, apply your useless labels.
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"Man, you're SUCH a bummer."

"I am? I didn't realize... I thought you invited me on this live animal capturing expedition because you enjoyed my company."
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