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[Dehydrated]
"I rush to my feet, but she is nowhere to be seen. I grab my flask and take the last few drops of wine. I taste the sweetness on my tongue as I curse God aloud. Why give me a reason to live upon my deathbed?"
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Dehydrated
I remember that day.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
[Alchemist]
" Funny we should meet here. With my mind and your heart, one would think we have better things to do than hide from the world."
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Alchemist
You’ve been looking for me?
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December 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"I say I was born to a saint. A fierce woman with a passion for all her babies. Always spoke love and showed kindness. Never backed down from anything, showing no fear in moments of anger and rage. "

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Born To a Saint
Everyone always says theirs is the best.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
[Coffee and Chatrooms]
"After successfully placing your order and paying, you will be prompted to join a chatroom of all the current guests sitting around the cafe. Most have a DND message up while they study for school or do work outside of the office."
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Coffee and Chatrooms
A/S/L
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December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
[Jamais Vu]
"I should leave, but I don’t know where to go. Stranger places? Stranger faces? I feel like I used to belong here. It is a shell of a former place I knew, with pictures of me on the walls."
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Jamais Vu
It looks familiar
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December 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
[Guestroom]
"Staring at your pillow, I noticed how the bed sheet is still perfect on your side. It drives me crazy."
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Guestroom
Staring at your pillow, I noticed how the bed sheet is still perfect on your side.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
[Wake You]

“You look so peaceful. I try not to bother you. You need your rest, and I am having a good morning so far, and I am not going to ruin it.”

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I'll Try Not to Wake You
I Tiptoe
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November 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
[Lingers]
"One day, when you—or God—get your way, and I am long gone from here, I hope the parts of me that you all loved linger through time."
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Lingers
I Hope I Am Everywhere
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November 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
[Comedown]

"I hope you understand— the blank look that’s in my eyes, the ice you think runs through my veins, the venom in my words. I hope that you understand, or that you will try to."
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Comedown
I Had to Tell you
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November 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
[Old Me]
"My sacrificial self—bound by these chains. The whole world becomes our masters. They loved the fruit of our labor, But hated the scent of our sweat."
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Old Me
I dreamed I was more.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"Just look out your office window or the factory door. Do you see that person across the street in the park by a tree, reading a book? That guy is a total moron and wishes that he was in here working with you. Where is his $50,000 car, and does this man know what a 401K is?"
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Good Professional
Sit Down and Type!
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November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
[Grandson]

"No telling all the things that were kept secret. I’m glad I didn’t know you.
Now you’re gone. I guess there couldn’t be two of us— Right, Grandpa?

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Grandson
When I was young, you were a secret.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
[A Good Morning]
"Your body makes a peculiar shape in the sheets as you stretch your legs. As you stretch your arms, you hit my face and apologize."
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A Good Morning
The sun is rising, revealing my smoke-filled room.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
[Take The Blame]
"It’s not a badge I wear with honor. The Grim Reaper is my shadow."
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Take The Blame
I hate it when she does this. She says it is not her fault. I place the blame on myself. More suffering. I hoped I would grow out of it. That it wouldn’t follow me around. It’s not a badge I wear with...
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October 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
[I Believed you]
"Now I am sitting here, wondering where you are. You said you were on your way home. I believed you— against my better judgement. Where are you?"
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I Believed You
When you said that was it for you, I believed you— against my better judgement.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
[Knowing Me]
"I can’t remember the thing or what I was about to say. It is annoying and that is why I write because come tomorrow I can reflect"

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Knowing Me
I Changed My Mind- Again
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October 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
[Dear Kev]
"Even the saints lied. I told you to watch out for those people with deceiving eyes and an upside-down smile. Saved souls tend to have sinister hearts. I am proud of you, Kev."

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Dear Kev
I heard you went 10 years without a drink.
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October 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
[Fire and Ice]

"I can feel the ice in your touch— as the fire races through your veins.

I pray the fire melts your frozen heart."

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Fire and Ice
My Hands Feel Like Her Heart
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October 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
[Household Confessions]
"“I know you got off from work a few hours ago. You didn’t call. Guess you didn’t think about it.

I used to do my best to stay up and wait for you— just to see you were safe and at home. I don’t even feel you get in bed anymore.”

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Household Confessions
The Vaccuum Cleaner is Talking
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October 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
[Sunburnt]
"The sunblock stopped working. I got burnt. I had to seek the shade to cool my burning skin.

I thought you would bring me some aloe. You just slapped my back as you walked by."

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Sunburnt
OUCH
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October 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
[You Never Showed]
"I’m where we agreed to meet. I see no signs that you were here before me. I will go ahead and set the picnic up. While I wait, I will carve our initials in this tree — to live as long as this tree is standing."
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You Never Showed
I waited... And Waited
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October 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
[Is It Me?]
"Please don’t yell anymore. Or say those mean things to me. Maybe not take your anger out on anything and everything you see.

Does it make you whole, when you make me watch? The hate is in your eyes. Nothing can be your fault."
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Is It Me?
Please don’t yell anymore.
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October 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
[King of Paper Hearts]
"I hope you grew up to be exactly who you wanted to be. I don’t care what job you work— only a fool would waste a dream on a job."

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King of Paper Hearts
The Fragility of Power
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October 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
[Colorblind]
"I look to the sky and say, “Hey, that used to be blue.” My neighbor heard me across the way and said, “Oh, you’re one of those people.” “What people?” I replied. “You claimed you see more color than grey. The sky has always been grey,” he tells me."

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Colorblind
Could Life Be More Confusing?
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October 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I hope everyone is having a great day!
September 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM