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Nuha Faiz

Betrayal

“Didn’t expect you here,” he said as he spotted me at the mall on that fine Saturday.  Not sure if I have to call it

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Sandeep Shetty

Trying to Remember

“Why does everything have to be so hard? Like we are just pretending and pretending. I try to be happy like everyone else. Forgive me

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Nazma Mahir

The Pure Savage

On lofty land The pure savage bird Builds its eyries With plenty of benign Dark from the human race The majestic Eagle, Flaps its mighty

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Shaheeka Shariff

The Blue Carpet

Inviting guests over is common and it is basically saying you are a part of our family now. And refusing the invitation is considered rude

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Joan McNerney

Nightscape

  Fog horns sound though air soaked in blackness. All evening long listening to hiss of trucks, cars.   Shadows brush across walls as trees

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