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  The gingerbread man

  

  By Armor, Windsor, CT

  Human nature frequently drives us to seek refuge in normality, but we should never allow our desire to belong to overpower our true identities. In W. H. Auden’s “The Unknown Citizen”, we read of he, the ideal citizen, a flawless cookie cutter man. As we unravel more of the poem, we comprehend ...
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  Waiting for the Rain

  

  By Armor, Windsor, CT

  Storms are magnificent. They are clouds slowly churning together to create something more. They brew together, united to create one thing: rain. Rain, a key created to unchain us from our warped realities, takes our minds in its cold, cleansing arms and shows us the true world we live in. The clo...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Evolution

  

  By Armor, Windsot, CT

  What did happen to the majestic waves of the ocean? What did happen to the timid whisperings of the trees? What did happen to the calm unmoving sun? What did happen to the teasing waltz of the wind? What did happen to the joyful melodies of the birds? What did happen to me?...
• Fiction > Sci-fi/Fantasy
  Last Chance

  

  By Armor, Windsot, CT

  Last chance Her hair shown brightly in the darkness of the night. It glimmered dark like the deep, cold, treacherous waters of an unforgiving nightmare. But yet it shone. Yes it shone like dazzling stars, all shimmering in unison. Beautiful. Elegant. Celestial. But it was not her heavenly mane th...
• Fiction > Sci-fi/Fantasy
  A soul as dark as blood

  

  By Armor, Windsot, CT

  A soul as dark as blood The woman looks at the family smiling all together, happy, dead. She does not think of the pain they went threw as she slit there fragile throats with a meticulous slice of her dagger. She does not think of the family they lost. Nor, the dreams that simply left their the...