A Pain In The Neck: BackStory by TheNeckiesCrew, literature
Literature
A Pain In The Neck: BackStory
She walked through the house, a woman in faded pink robe. Her short cherry brown hair still messy from failed attempts to sleep while she slowly opens her eyes once at her destination, the kitchen, to check the time. On the oven read "5 am", she sighed with a mixture of annoyance and worry. Though early, a couple frogs could be heard croaking outside on the window sill, a common sight for the couple as they choose to live in a more isolated home than normal. As she smiled at the small critters, she stretched causing her back to pop three or four times before opening a cabinet and grabbing some extra strength generic ibuprofen. Next she grabbed a glass from the cabinet just over the sink and filled it. Finally she took both the bottle and water, returning back the way she came. As she walked back, she saw a familiar sight on the ground by her door. Lucas, their pet pelvis, was asleep in a small dog bed. While to most this would seem rather strange, morbid, and even ethically
My quicksilver heart swings heavy
Not knowing quite how to be still
A pendulous manic-depression
Where nothing mundane seems real
The smothering weight of my waking
Leaves me without wings to explore
I long for sweet hallucination
Where freely again I can soar
Ennui will give way to delusion
When life doesn't quite entertain
And that which should pleasure or comfort
Is greeted with hate and disdain
This world seems beyond a redemption
My enmity grows far too deep
Its burdensome dullness is stifling
My heart yearns for eternal sleep
Volunteer (Part 3: Discoveries) by YppleJax, literature
Literature
Volunteer (Part 3: Discoveries)
I am balanced, uncomfortably, on the open mouth of a small wastebasket. It's one of those gray metal mesh ones, office-chic. Slightly wider at the top than the bottom, and fortunately very sturdy, since even at its widest it's only about ten inches across, and my butt doesn't fit more than a couple inches into it. I feel a bit silly.
"Are you sure you can't just give me a little push?" I ask. Julie rolls her eyes at me.
"Yes. The whole point is for you to do it without help...you won't get nearly as much out of this if you don't have full control." I try not to sigh. I know she's trying to help, and I love her to death, but I've gath