SENTENCE GAME

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glass

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[blackholes]

It was sharpest when it broke.

apples

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There was enough left, for seven small bites.

orchid

[blackholes]

When he cut her open she looked like a flower, he regretted the mess.

pupae

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They will look beautiful once they've dried, he whispers as he forces open the bones.

greed

[blackholes]

It isn't bad, he thought, to have such a large family.

Loki

[kiyala]

Funny, the way it never reflected anything he wanted to see.

cup

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He forgets his name. (When there is no origin and no destination, you cannot fall.)

lions

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Drink, he says, and raises his hands.

lamp

[kiyala]

He liked the soft orange glow for the way it threw shadows, masking fears at times, highlighting them at others.

green

[blackholes]

When they fucked it felt like killing her husband.

throne

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He can't help but watch for it, hoping to see a flicker at the corner of his eyes.

heart

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It kills all those who take it for their own, but is coveted still.

night

[kiyala]

With a ragged breath, he rests his head back against the hard floor, glad for the fact that it's just his bones that were broken this time.

souvenirs

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The heart of the enemy king, he presented to her.

nails

[blackholes]

She wore the times of day like clothing, the day was a red shroud of morning and the night was vicious celebration.

plane

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He can't help but think of all that could go wrong.

quill

[kiyala]

He smiles at the brush of lips down his back, the apology just as welcome as the acquisition of those angry red lines.

hollowed

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Love me, Apollo.

space

[blackholes]

"All you need to do is write," she said, but he couldn't help think about where the feather had come from, even as he dipped it into the ink.

art

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The pattern blood makes against a wall is always predictable.

cough

[blackholes]

He wasn't dying, he was just painfully moving from this world to the next through his collapsing lungs.

absence

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"What do you think?" he asked the empty space beside him.

smoke

[blackholes]

There wasn't any fire, just the smoldering beneath her skin that came out as putrid smoke, choking anyone who kissed her.

love

[kiyala]

He doesn't realise just how vast it is until he's falling through it.

denial

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That feeling when you can't decide if you want to strangle him between your fingers or kiss him until you can't breathe.

magic

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Once upon a time, they lived happily ever after.

cell

[blackholes]

The man at the holy house had lied, there was no way to bring someone back from the dead.

balance

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Each step he took was one in the wrong direction.

box

[kiyala]

He was in a glass case of emotion.

tranquility

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The water soothed the burn of his wounds.

scale

[kiyala]

She weighed his heart against her feather and he watched as his heart dragged the scales down, down, down, just as it had done to him in life.

screech

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It breaks his heart, to hear her cry.

goal

[blackholes]

It fit over him and shielded him from harm, but he couldn't see the sun.

longing

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Her flowers reached for his sun.

lipstick

[blackholes]

He only bought it because it reminded him of his mother, in retrospect that should have been a sign.

hotel

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Vacancies, the sign said, though every room was filled.

now

[blackholes]

"Stay with me," for a moment - but it was too late.

brothers

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They were raised together, they played together, they fought together; he remembers none of that.

fairytale

[blackholes]

They lived happily ever after, until the next story began.

jar

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They held so many things: jam, pickles, eyes and wings.

music

[blackholes]

She could hear it in her inner ear, as she fell off the building.

pheasant

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The feathers made a brilliant hat.

goodbyes

[blackholes]

She didn't say it, holding onto his hand as the world ended.

goodnight :p

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Thank you for playing, she says.

work :T