The worms they pilgrimed onward
For a miracle they knew
Had poured from yonder heaven,
Their devotion would be due.
Onward! onward! To their harbor,
For the flies already there-
And beetles
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The sun had set on this side of the ocean. Here, we didn't have beaches or sand. Instead, cracked clam shells piled on the shore. The shards tumbled up the bank as the waves rolled in before ... [+]
Once, as they passed Køge on the way to the village that would be their home for the next few decades, Ava convinced her mother to spend a day at its seaport shore. There, she stood at the edge of ... [+]
Through the window, the moonlight peeps in You were sitting in the corner of the café today, right along the back wall. I liked how you almost fell into the shadows but were not completely out ... [+]
I make my way down the stairs to the hull of the ship to the newest prisoner. She's different from the rest. She put up a fight. Only one brave enough to. She's no more than an orphan. Not much ... [+]
I keep the ropes coiled under my bed for a clear night. They're the thickest I could find. I think they're made for tug-of-war or something. Ronnie from Severville Hardware didn't ask questions when ... [+]
WHEN EYES MEET, SOME SAY IT HAPPENS ONCE IN A BLUE MOON. The warmth of a lover's sweater, the laughter from an old friend's core. I grew up in this city but in her passage of time, I call ... [+]
They rushed into his room holding metal rods to beat his lifeless body. He was barely conscious, yet his body seized from the pain and shock of the violent attack. Their hands were hidden. They ... [+]
We all tire of our greatest loves. We get caught up in the flash of excitement, and we begin to believe in something real, something true, something meaningful, something lasting. But sooner o ... [+]
Avascular Necrosis. Bone tissue death from blood supply loss—a fate Isaiah might face if his wife didn't abandon her desperate need for comfort. He could only blame himself. Well, maybe his wife's ... [+]
At first, James hadn't known what a coma was. His parents, through misty eyes, had to tell him several times in the first week after his brother's injury. Now, he was the one who had to regularly ... [+]
Raising the stellar dead. The phrase had been plastered on posters and emails in the weeks leading up to the astronomer's lecture, intriguing even the least scientifically-inclined of our student ... [+]
Lucy looked towards her Captain only to find him keeled over the side of the deck bringing up the contents of his stomach. The nearly imperceptible sigh that escaped her lips was the only indication ... [+]
The professor stared deeply into the foam of her coffee and only saw hieroglyphs.
That little swirl of chocolate she had added to the mocha concoction sort of looked like an ankh, didn't it? The
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"The Hapsburgs? Bah, who'd want to paint their ugly mugs, what with their inbred chins! Or perhaps you thought I'd paint Adonis, or David bathing beside Bathsheba, complete with glistening skin and ... [+]
