http://slow.writerscafe.org/Fantasy%20Paradox The original writings of author Ben Walton en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776054624 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 An attempt at stream of consciousness writing: a description of a composer going through an epiphany. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fantasy-Paradox/504469/ The last time I was here it was spring. It had rained all April, but now it was May and the flowers tickled my thighs. The branches were sunken on nearly every tree, hanging in rows and bowing to the beauty presented to them. 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it destroyed the roof and shattered all these mirrors. another seven years? just kill me. the ones awake got to run while i dreamt and was aroused by a harsher shower. now i see the lightning storm march in and the wind break the trees all around me. .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fantasy-Paradox/301330/ once the characters all die off  we'll be halfway through a script that needs revision.  the words are counting on the letters  that incidentally feel the same.  they just wait until they can see their breath  because winter isn't afraid of death.  the cloud.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fantasy-Paradox/301325/ these newspapers cover up my faults and dreams;setting fire to another day to stay alive.i write poetry and novels in my head,roaming the streets gone dark with night.one day i will sell them but i will not be famous.because i want to be remembered as you remember the sunrise,however tha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fantasy-Paradox/299226/  the water gets deeper our boots just get wetter  as we wander through this swamp of words made  specifically for these few seconds.  the muddied language reaches for our waists  and starts to touch our fingers tied like wire.  in a few moments i can't see our.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fantasy-Paradox/287880/ "I move my lips just so you won't have to." http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fantasy-Paradox/283384/ the words enter and exitas i exit to exist.the unstable words of the nightjustify this silenceso turn the cassette overand listen to the buzz.i never thought hours of being alonecould bloom into hours of thought.but here i am, blinded by the lightof the sun abandoning me once again.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fantasy-Paradox/281353/ you're another ghost bringing on the apocalypseand you fire so fast we can't keep up with our injuries.but they get in our heads, six more wordstwo more minutes and they've got the point acrossour boundaries of incompetence.we keep listeninguntil we're gazing blankly up and we can't seem.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fantasy-Paradox/281351/ you're feeling funny like you think it's a jokeand my words are getting drowned out by every word you spoke.now every other word is just a drunken shoutand we're all sick and tired of trying to figure you out.you're just someone i thought i could trustyou're just someone i thought i coul.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fantasy-Paradox/271592/ When I was a kid my mother would always take me to a drugstore when she would go. She would rouse me from the sleep she saw me off to every night with words like sunshine and darling. We would drive along the main road and I would tap the window to the rhythm of the blinker when she turned. Testing .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Fantasy-Paradox/269263/    Even when I’m not exhaling smoke, smoke rises from my lips. 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