Tuesday, September 10, 2013

SCORN #4

I didn't intend for it to be a whole week between "Scorn Posts" but school is in session and I have been swamped with work. I'm also trying to jump start an older nonfiction project that I have and that has taken a lot of what little spare time I've had. Anyway, here's the next entry in my Scorn series below.


4. From inches away we lock gazes. The mirror and I. The glass fogs with our breaths but at least that means we are alive. Then one of us begins to scribe letters in the mist. I do not know which of us it is. I read an R E S O L… I hope for a moment that the scribe has simply left off the “V E.” But perhaps I am reading the word backward. 

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20 comments:

  1. That was really clever. Nice job!

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  2. I like this mirror segment addition.

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  3. Sean, thankee!

    Bernard, I appreciate that.

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  4. Wrestling yourself to a draw?


    Aloha

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  5. Charles, I love that! I hope the word proves to be 'resolve' cuz a loser you ain't!

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  6. A funny one :->

    <~Ti skcor nam ~

    (in reverse)

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  7. Cloudia, The most likely outcome indeed.

    Jodi, you're sweet. thanks.

    Erik, two thumbs up!

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  8. True, very clever, Charles. Locking gazes with the mirror... not the first thing I Iike to do every morning. As a kid I used to write words backword and hold them in front of a mirror and read them correctly. It was fun.

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  9. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. :)

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  10. Nice, well-written and great ending! Keep these coming, they are awesome. Maybe I missed you saying it but if not you should definitely compile them when you are done.

    - Greg

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  11. Prashant, we all love codes and stuff, especially as kids.

    Ivan, is it you?

    Greg, I need a few more. I've only got one other one written right now.

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  12. I dunno. Are the letters reversed?

    Contrary to what you've said in the past, I think you have a helluva sense of humor.

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  13. Teresa, thanks. Much appreciated.

    Patti, :)

    X Dell, I see no reason to stand here and be insulted. (Star Trek reference in case you don't know.) :)

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  14. That made me smile. Very clever.

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  15. We all have such days, I would wager.

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