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Melpomene
She/Her, love writing and I basically write whatever I want :)
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Melpomene
• 5 reads

don’t blame your savior (I don’t blame you)

You can me cut all you want but I will never bleed

Pull hair right out treat me like a filthy weed

But I'll smile and grin and let do whatever you want

Because I'm better anyway so I don't see a point

Am I controversial? Only as a much as the rest

It's not wrong to say when you know you're the best

I wouldn't spew shit, trust me when I say it's true

Blame me all you want but it's not my fault!

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It only comes out when it rains
Prose or poetry
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Melpomene
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kinda like a vampire, right?

I don't like the sun, it hurts my eyes

I don't like how it can show me the time

It's dry and hot and too damn emotional

I'll stay in while it's sunny

The rain can hide me in it's mist

Everything is dark, no calendars can help

The damp apathetic and occasional joy

Make me come out when it rains

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Life Itself
Chapter 16 of 16
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Dead kids

Another kid from school died, last night (the third this year alone).

I kinda knew him. I know his mom pretty well, and I used to talk to his younger brother a lot. They look very similar, so much in my foggy memory I can't recalled which I spoke with.

I'm okay. A bit shaken up that the son of such a sweet woman is dead, that someone my friend would casually mention is dead.

My friend John wasn't sad. He explained to me that his coping strategy is being petty and told me that he was upset because John planned to kill him on his wedding day. I doubt he noticed it, but he was in shock. I distracted John from this, and allowed him to be slightly more playfully mean to me than usual without me fighting him too much.

My other friend I didn't have the chance to talk to. He just seemed tired and sluggish. Looking at him made me feel ill.

I kinda knew the first kid who died this year too. My friend was a friend of his. The only time I really interacted with him was at a different mutual friends party. He was a bit rude to me, but I had no opinion on him. When he died, my friend cried for days.

I'm not personally effected by these deaths. But I'm so fucking sick of dead kids.

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Life Itself
Chapter 15 of 16
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even the sweetest can sour

I'm not hungry but I'm bored

Let me make you something to adore

Bring you sweets, so many treats

I'll bake to the beat, it's no amazing feat

I have rotted

I have spoiled

My blood has clotted

I'm so soiled

I'll make you chocolate so you grin

Stuff you full of cookies from the tin

I'll feed you so you become strong

I'll roll it out until I belong

My meat is green

You make me sick

I'll no longer preen

You gluttonous prick

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Life Itself
Chapter 14 of 16
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time

I just realized I've been on prose for just over a year now. I wonder if writing down some of my thoughts and posting them online for this long will be a defense or a nail in the coffin when something inevitable knocks me off the table. The table, in case, is made of glass, has most screws loose, and is missing a leg.

I need a new table. Something more supportive.

I'm finally up and fucking off to college when next fall comes around. When my mom first mentioned me having to get furniture, I almost burst into tears.

At first I wanted to stay here and do community college. Way cheaper, and where most of my friends will be.

But then I had the thought of 'wow, if I stay here longer than legally required, I might actually kill myself'. So I'm going off somewhere, just me and my not too bad academic scholarship.

I might be going into years of dreadful debt, but hopefully I'll want to die less.

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Who's Got The BEST First Liner? #3
Can you make us thirsty for an entire novel by writing your BEST first line? Sell us on your big idea in fifty (50) words or less, but it must be done in ONE sentence. Draw us in by overwhelming our minds with excitement or say just enough to lure us after the next four hundred pages? Any Genre allowed. Must be Prose. The object is to grab us at the beginning and to make us never want to let go. NO AI WRITING ALLOWED. I pick the winner. Please tag me, @ChrisSadhill in the comments, and I'll read and respond to your entry! Happy writing!
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Melpomene
• 15 reads

Kill Me (Or Kiss Me)

With the blood on her face, I wasn't sure if I wanted to choke or kiss her until she passed out.

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What is something you wish you could forget?
Prompt from a class I took years ago. Prose or poetry. For an extra challenge, only allow yourself 15 minutes to write. Tag me!
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Melpomene
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Happy Experience

I'm going to try and do something on the lighter side, for once in my life. I wish I could forget watching some shows or movies, or reading a new book, or listening to a song for the first time.

You don't even realize until it's over that it changed you as a person. Like when I read IT years ago during the summer. I was a horror fan beforehand, but IT was what made me dive nose deep into it, and I've been obsessed ever since.

When I watched Hannibal for the first time. I was obsessed, trying to think of what might be the next plot point, or how Hannibal and Will's next interaction would me. It was over a year ago that I finished the series, and I wish I could experience it again.

And there are so many songs that have altered my brain chemistry in one way or another. Honey Whiskey (Nothing but Thieves), Mary (Alex G), Evil (Interpol), and so many more. The first time I heard all of those, I feel in love with them. It would be nice to do that again.

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No-Thanks-giving
Who’s THAT relative who you want to ban from Thanksgiving? You know, the one who just loves to stir up controversy. Make one up if your family’s so dang perfect. Challenge ends a little after the holiday to give you time to nurse your hangover.
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Melpomene
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Freaking Ron

I honestly wish I could ban all of them, or better yet, ban myself so I don't have to see them. But there is one man, who never has any good moments.

RON. By extension, his wife and their horrible daughter. They are luckily not blood related to me, and I am thankful for that.

His wife (vaguely manipulate and hates my mom because she thinks my mom hates her) is tolerable sometimes.

Their daughter (homophobic, snotty, and was mean to her dog when younger) is worse, but I can ignore her and walk into the other room.

BUT RONALD (Racist, anti-vaccine, homophobic, more I can't recall at the moment, and if I ask my parents my dad will go into a rant about how much he hates Ron) is irredeemable.

All I want for Thanksgiving this year is to stay home.

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Patterns
What is a theme that you've noticed in your life? Any topic. Any format. Chosen by likes.
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Melpomene in Stream of Consciousness
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I Was Wrong About Them

I didn't like a lot of my current friends when I first met them. I would think that they were annoying, or mean and I just didn't want anything to do with them.

I can think of 7 friends off the top of my friends I didn't like at first. Now when I see someone I don't like, I think "maybe I'll befriend them next".

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a liar you chose to love
who in your personal life is an absolute full on liar you choose to love and why?
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Melpomene
• 10 reads

all of my friends

They all tell little white lies, and huge lies that make me hurt. But they're my friends, and I've sadly become attached to them.

If I stopped loving them because they lied, I would be a giant hypocrite anyway. I think I lie more than them.

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