TLA Level-up Prompt 2: Good Old Me-Time by drowsydoe, literature
Literature
TLA Level-up Prompt 2: Good Old Me-Time
"You're not real." Anders said it like the fact would somehow dissipate the doppelgänger once it hit open air, but the mirror image stayed put.
"Of course I'm not," her reflection replied, before finding a seat in the black void. Neither cat spoke for a beat.
Am I actually this standoffish? Anders wondered, unable to peel her eyes away from the copy.
"Yes, we are," the other tabby mewed dryly. Anders' hackles lifted just slightly.
"Why am I here?" A growl edged her tone. The copy scoffed at the question.
"There isn't a reason, idiot. We just blacked out after the island fell apart."
"I don't just b
TLA: One With the Forest | Anders EXP Prompt by drowsydoe, literature
Literature
TLA: One With the Forest | Anders EXP Prompt
Her ears swiveled at the rising chorus of voices. Everyone was beginning to wake, and the red one was being a particular pain towards their still-sleeping comrades. Anders exhaled short and sharp through her nostrils, catching the red one’s name (Crimson), as well as the smaller molly (Hail) who, apparently, wasn’t a kitten after all.
Oleander turned her head back to the trees, straining to see into the distance. She could hear faint stirrings out there, and somehow, the many pine trees made her veins buzz. Their sharp scent tingled in her nose, and it were as though the smell contained the sheer essence of their cold energy. Fai
where the sound of my existence does not travel. by drowsydoe, literature
Literature
where the sound of my existence does not travel.
i am terribly irritating and
i am afraid of this
i want to sit underwater
for a long time
and feel pressed
upon all sides
vague warmth
a quiet hum
i want to forget
my name
what i look like
my head hurts where my jaw hooks like a coat hanger
onto the rest of my face my condyle cracking
like someone threw goldfish into the gears of my sweet, lovely
"temporomandibular" joints jesus what a word
also
this can now officially be called a poem because i have used an
obscure, anatomical term and everyone knows that you're not
a poet until you start making metaphors with physiological
vocabulary
(but seriously, ouch)
larkspurs rubies and appletrees by drowsydoe, literature
Literature
larkspurs rubies and appletrees
she eats chocolate raspberry ganache tarts at nine
in the morning and watches the peach sunlight shower over
victorian houses in their regal pastels she drinks
cheery chirping rosés that leave shimmers at her mouth's corners and
in this way she wakes herself for another day at school.