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Gnome in a Jar

I once met a gnome
who lived in a jar
and he told me a tale
of his travels “afar”.

“Oh my!” Proclaimed I
as I spotted my foe:
a big hairy spider
with at least fifty toes.

Everything I know
and everyone I know
will eventually die.

The assassin crept through the shadows as though they were a part of him. Darkness draped around his shoulders like a comfortable coat. Foot

Why does the sun make me sneeze?
Why does spring air suffocate me?
Why do mosquitoes make me itchy?

“I’m sorry,” she said after she blinked awake in her new body, Casper’s figure becoming clear in her vision.
“He fretted over her, his bro

It was one of those uniquely hot, blue-skied days rarely seen in the northern Dutch province of Groningen. Normally, the sun was a screen of

“Sometimes I wonder which of us is more crazy,” she said through gritted teeth, the cold snowflakes making her cheeks feel thick and numb.

A poem about how we frame our lives and our stories for the benefit of others.

“Take me back,” she said with a wistful gaze, and a hand played over loose strands of hair.
“I cannot,” they said, and dipped the pole agai