The Favorites Project #159, #160, #161

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LadyofGaerdon

Published: Jul 29, 2012

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Presenting the LITplease Favorites Project!

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Feature #159

Writers Who Do Not Sleep Properly by PinkyMcCoversong

....an email to herself because
late-night head poems
are butterflies.....read more

Suggested by: LadyofGaerdon
Featured by:
Raneva LadyofGaerdon
ATrue awholelotofflowers A-Rose-In-Misery

Feature #160

The Last DreamerBack when Evelyn Taylor and most people still had daddies, she used to lean on hers in the dark after he'd passed out, steal his potato chips, and watch hours of television about men moving, selling, picking, and pawning trash.  She'd never pictured herself as the type.  She'd been a little girl in pigtails with too many plastic ponies.  Somehow, though, she'd become something that her daddy, had he lived, would have scorned: a scavenger.  "Billy," she drawled into a sat-phone she'd lifted off a telecom factory floor.  The sun, moon, and stars could all drop dead, but so long as there were satellites floating, Taylor Trades Inc. was open for business, and she had freedom.  Or so she told herself.  "What kind of idiot do you think I am?"
"C'mon, Evie.  Where's the trust?"  His voice was hollow even as he said it.
She snorted.  "Out as far as I can throw you, and gee, I've got these puny l
The Last Dreamer by LittlestFish

....You're too stubborn to change. Just look at you." His voice and his face started to turn darker with every word.
"You're tanned. You're moisturized. You're…plump." When she looked down at her midriff with a frown, he scoffed.
"You would take that as an insult. God help me, I've saddled myself with the last woman on earth who wants to lose weight."....read more

Suggested by: neurotype-on-discord
Featured by:

LadyofGaerdon MaddyJordan
awholelotofflowers A-Rose-In-Misery ATrue

Feature #161

10 Reasons To Buy Toilet Paper1) To stuff my bra in hopes that you'll see me tonight
2) To dry the tears from my eyes when you don't
3) To blow my nose and try again tomorrow
4) To keep in my pocket just in case
5) To dab my lipstick before our date
6) To fix my mascara after you say you love me
7) To clean my glasses and see the truth on your collar
8) To wipe the crap off of your lips when you swear I'm the only one
9) To use every roll to cover your house in blankets of white
10) To replace the toilet paper I wasted on you
10 Reasons To Buy Toilet Paper by realARTIZT

....To clean my glasses and see the truth on your collar...read more

Suggested by: ATrue
Featured by:
LadyofGaerdon MaddyJordan
ATrue A-Rose-In-Misery insomaniac55

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