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August 2022 Fiction Contest: Not Why, But How

August 6, 2022
By mooshimosh SILVER, Thousand Oaks, California
mooshimosh SILVER, Thousand Oaks, California
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Favorite Quote:
"Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast." - John Steinbeck


They ask me what it is. They ask why I’m head over heels for you. What happened for me to be like this? If I’m honest, it’s not why I'm in love with you. How could I not? How could I not when every time I hear your name my heart races faster than a car on a speedway. How could I not when I still jump around like a kid waiting for you to respond to me over text? How do I not fall in love with someone who makes the world stop when I see them?

I can’t not. 



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yumi SILVER said...
on Aug. 9 2022 at 7:47 pm
yumi SILVER, Thousand Oaks, California
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Favorite Quote:
“The living world is a dream. The nocturnal dream is reality.” -Rampo Edogawa

Woah this is amazing - I love how you wrote this!