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The Project

November 9, 2017
By WhiteNoise PLATINUM, Easley, South Carolina
WhiteNoise PLATINUM, Easley, South Carolina
31 articles 0 photos 52 comments

Favorite Quote:
"My name is Jeff!!"


Straitjacket, mouth foaming
I’m dying, heart slowing
A minute passed
Broken glass
It stops, I lay silent
Comforting quiet
Sick of the torture
Lost composure
Like a little kid breaking one of his favorite toys
Neck jolts; beautiful snapping noise
I awoke under the light of the moon
I just wanted to lay there; I couldn’t continue
I lay on my back, exhausted
Was I dead? Preposterous!
Gathering every ounce of willpower within me
I rolled slowly over, body resisting
A deck of playing cards lay by my head
Stained bloodred
I sit up slowly
Grab the deck, cards unholy
These cards were cursed
They were hers
I flip the top one over
Lucky Joker
A broken heart
Was the picture on this card
Joker, because I was played like a fool
I did not shuffle the cards. I was already miserable
If I had, things would be different
I didn’t know. Blissful ignorance
I could not speak, lips drawn tight
That’s when I noticed she came out of the night
A big, broad smile on her face
Ready to cause me more heartache.


The author's comments:

I thought about an ex of mine. I still have dreams about her. This was one of them.


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on Feb. 26 2018 at 12:18 pm
WhiteNoise PLATINUM, Easley, South Carolina
31 articles 0 photos 52 comments

Favorite Quote:
"My name is Jeff!!"

awesome. more soon

on Jan. 27 2018 at 1:15 am
FluffyPanda427 BRONZE, Olympia, Washington
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Favorite Quote:
"Rase you words not your voice. It is the rain that grows flowers, not thunder."

I guess not!

on Jan. 22 2018 at 9:33 am
WhiteNoise PLATINUM, Easley, South Carolina
31 articles 0 photos 52 comments

Favorite Quote:
"My name is Jeff!!"

welp of course. have you come to expect any less of me?

on Jan. 10 2018 at 4:40 pm
FluffyPanda427 BRONZE, Olympia, Washington
1 article 0 photos 55 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Rase you words not your voice. It is the rain that grows flowers, not thunder."

Wow, this is intense!