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mother
mother with whistle, button and mace
drops her weapons to the hospital floor
and screams.
father rejoices - a princess! i'll teach her
everything.
mother still screams.
father, laughing - i pity the boy who asks for her hand.
mother holds baby and shrieks.
father's skin crawls - why aren't you happy?
mother screams. mother howls. mother, inconsolable
(everyone dies but girls are always
born dead)
Literature
The Learning Family
The Learning Family
A Short Story of Historical Fiction,
By fraterchaos (aka. Charles Kunkle Jr.)
A very long time ago, when the world was young and the tribe knew almost nothing of the world, one man came that told us all how things worked. And for many years the tribe believed everything he said. His name was Mr. Religion, and he had an answer for every question. Since nobody else had any answers, the answers given by Mr. Religion were accepted, even venerated as ultimate truth.
The tribe lived well, they felt secure in the knowledge that they had the answers, and they didn't worry if other tribes had their own Shamans that gave those
Literature
The Journey
Beneath my skin, my veins pulse with desire
To know why I am here.
As I journey to find the answers to life,
I sail through the monotonous seas
That stretch forever beyond the horizon.
As my ship sails towards the dry land,
Mountains tower before me,
Filling me with both awe and intimidation.
But the mountains are eroding as time passes by,
Into merely fragments of what they once were.
I move my eyes and watch the glaciers
Melt slowly into rivers.
But even though they disappear,
They melt to provide water for all life on this planet.
You could say rivers are created by glaciers for a purpose.
I ponder those mountains and glac
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