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ColdRamen
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The trouble is, you think you have time. (Buddha)
Prose or poetry
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the day’s end

i wasted it like any other day

it's nothing to be proud of

i'm not sure what i would have done

had i known

i don't know who i'd call

who to tell

what to do

spend all i have left

give it all away

and when that last minute arrives

will i be happy then

knowing,

there's nothing left of me

but my body

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Please Don’t Send Me Flowers
Your interpretation your format. 250 word MAX.
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ColdRamen in Stream of Consciousness

Please Don’t Send Me Flowers

Please don't send me flowers

killing innocent vines

for a love you know I've forgotten

Please don't send me flowers

I've moved on

the address you've saved outdated

Please don't send me flowers

it hurts to see them die in vain

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No Dialogue
Write a conversation with no dialogue.
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ColdRamen in Flash Fiction

the words her eyes said

eyebags scooped up her tears like a bowl

filling to the brim before streaking down her face

jaw set tight, holding back what little she could

with each breath, something breaking

although her lips would tell lies

nothing but truth was revealed in her eyes

he would sigh

then leave without ever saying goodbye

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Behind Closed Eyes
Write about what happens when you close your eyes- in short blinks of time, the long lull of sleep, or any other interpretation that you choose. Poetry, prose, long-form, or short-form - be creative!
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sleeping with strangers

behind closed eyes

someone new awaits me

a face i forget when i arise

if i sleep now i may remember

that someone a mix of strangers I used to recall

their name, puts a memory in my mind

their eyes, my heart's downfall

I know our time is nearly up

I'll awake alone in bed

but just a few minutes more

as we lay together newlyweds

Challenge
The Phone Voice
Everyone has a "Phone Voice." It is usually higher and kinder sounding then there normal voice. Tell me what someone is hiding while they use the Phone Voice. Please tag me @Rosemariethorn
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phone call from a mother-in-law

"John?" its her mother goddamn it.

"Hi Mrs. Whitling."

"Has Stephanie contacted you at all?" I wished she'd shut up. "I called her twice and she hasn't answered a single call or text in hours."

"No she hasn't, I was actually about to call you about the same thing." I rested my back against the basement wall. My hair dark from the rain. "It's getting dark out and I'm a bit worried."

"Do you think we should call the police? I'm not overthinking things?" I knew that was the first thing her small brain would suggest.

"Her phone probably died and she got caught in the rain,"

She sighed. "You're probably right."

"Let's wait for the rain to stop and then if she's not back, we'll call."

"Alright." She paused probably fretting her wrinkled fingers off the bone. "But call me right away if she contacts you."

"Yes mam."

"Thank you John."

Challenge
Tell me what went wrong
what the title says! can be poetry, free-verse, anything! Take a crack at it!
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what went wrong

she liked freedom

a little too much

her anxiety was

a little too loud

her heart

a lot to fix

and he didn't

have the tools

Challenge
Submission
Is submission an act of weakness or strength?
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submission

the strongest people

are willing to sacrifice

themselves

to save others

to submit

their entire being

for the possibility

of a better outcome

Challenge
Traces of Songs that stayed
The song that evokes you to go through your memory lane over and over again. A deep memory that was engraved somewhere you couldn't ignore. Either a positive or a negative one. Write about how that song became something so deep to you years later.
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ColdRamen in Nonfiction

When I Was Your Man by Bruno Mars

Freshly broken people,

standing one whole person apart

seeing each other out of peripheral

someone on stage sings

hearts iron-guarded

minds left to wander

freshly broken people,

they can only think of each other

what could have been

what can never be

freshly broken people,

a song stirring their souls

a line drawing between them

the lyrics poking old wounds

freshly broken people,

hated how fate could be so cruel

Challenge
Your best moment this summer
Before summer ends, think about a moment or day you really enjoyed.
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after party

I sucked at bowling. I didn't care. I liked the way you smiled when my ball went straight in the gutter. The way you gave me a high five anyways.

By the time we finished our two games, the sky was dark and rain flooded the lot. We ran back to the car, our shirts soaked. We laughed ugly in the front seats watching the last episode of Stranger Things. I leaned over the center console to rest on your shoulder, when you suggested moving to the back.

The phone rested against one of the plushies you stole from a claw machine. I laid sideways while you sat upright with my head on your chest. Your arms were warm. We talked throughout most of it and when it finished we watched Kenobi but if I was being honest, I have no memory of that episode.

You tickled my face with pecks until I turned and pecked you on the lips right back. We had kissed maybe twice before but not like this. Not this many. Not this slow. Our nervous hands remained at each other's necks. Smiles in between hot breaths. You were gentle. Like I might break if you kissed me too hard.

Challenge
Dating
give me your best dating advice. Give me your worst date, or your best one. Tell me how to say no politely. What are your best rejection lines?
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Dating

Dating,

I think I'm scarred for the most part

Even if you hate them

you still think it's your fault

although you tell yourself

you needed that "life lesson"

you somehow wish you

could protect yourself from the past

Dating,

you quickly realize happily-ever-after

doesn't come often

and fate seems to hide in the shadows

Dating,

how i want to go back to those days

that i thought everything would work out

where i wanted to scream from the rooftops my love

but no

you question whether love exists

or if what you see online and in books

is all just fake

make-believe