Short Story Competition 2008

[Calvin]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Derob</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/eek.gif[/img] Communists scare me! [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/eek.gif[/img] </div></div>

You've gotta stop watching Fox News then. How is the 'terror alert' today? High, medium or low? Texans don't scare me, except that village idiot who lives in the big white house.

[Nylah]

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[img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/704555_dwl.gif[/img] @ Calvin

[Derob]

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Who even knows what the terror alert level is now? That danged George Bush is an idiot! Power to the people Calvin! [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70409-waytogo.gif[/img]

[Derob]

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Jahlove you are very talented. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70409-waytogo.gif[/img] Although I do agree some what with Calvin the communist that your story is a poem, it is just SO good that I'm glad it was included. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70458-applaud.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70458-applaud.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70458-applaud.gif[/img]

[jahlove7]

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<span style='font-family: Book Antiqua'>Yes Derob give thanks for the kind words. I also agree with Calvin and I don’t expect to compete with the talented writers whom have posted such wonderful short stories. I just thought it would be a good place to share Beverly’s story. Give thanks to Magic for allowing it to remain in this section.</span>

[niceniss]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jahlove7</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
<span style='font-size: 11pt'>Beverly My Sweet</span>

<span style='font-family: Book Antiqua'>Beverly’s mom sat still, staring into space
The weight of grief on her face
The news was too much to bear
Reality captures a mother’s worst fear
So the scene continues to play
Her mind rewinding to yesterday
Taking herself away from this place
To lie in her daughters warm embrace
You see Beverly was only twenty-one
Like the wind now she’s was gone
Taken in her youthful prime
Not given that Oh so precious time
Beverly was born on the Island of Jamaica
Somewhere in the western Kingston area
Resided with a very wicked father
A childhood she would always remember
Her mom had remarried, was working in the USA
While she was on her knees twice a day, but only once to pray
She kept hidden all father’s sexual abuse
It was inevitable she became somewhat loose
In Jamaica it’s like a little parasitic ritual
You have perverts even waiting at the hospital
She reached out to the nearest searching for a savior
But was use to the blueprint of her father’s figure
So like her peers she fell in love with him
Into the depths of society’s so called sin
Thought she found this wonderful king
But all this royalty wanted was that thing
Took it and so easily pushed her aside
Fantasy and reality began to collide
Some say that’s truly the day she died
For hours and hours she cried
All because she told him she was pregnant
He insisted she abort, her choice was irrelevant
It was time she knew he had kids and a wife
Her heart hardened and she began to reject life
There weren’t enough prescriptions to fill
To cure a soul that has fallen ill
It took the love of friends and family
For her to continue her life’s journey
She got the news in early spring
By late summer she would be in foreign
So they made the necessary arrangements
Had her baby and now lived with her new parents
Beverly began to deal with paying the price
A part of her youth she would now have to sacrifice
Got herself a job and went to night school
Was now clearly out of the deep end of the pool
That’s when the cruelty of destiny struck
Too easily blamed on the myth of bad luck
Beverly had a beautiful four month old
Now more precious to her than gold
During the birth Beverly was given a routine procedure
Consequence, now she is susceptible to seizures
Tragedy like this could not have been foreseen
Found only in stories on the big screen
You see it was two days after her birthday
She was feeling so happy and gay
A better life for her daughter she could make
But the next morning she would not wake
Beverly had passed away in her sleep
It was as if she had this special date to keep
So now Beverly is gone
But she surely will not be forgotten
For as we mourn her tragic death
Her memory is found in her daughter’s every breath
This is a true story she was my adopted niece
Beverly my sweet may you rest in peace</span> </div></div> sad, really good.

[niceniss]

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I like Derob's. Is it an original? There's another one that I'm surprised at. The irresponsible one. It would make a good play or screenplay. Easily the best so far...

[Calvin]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Derob</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Who even knows what the terror alert level is now? That danged George Bush is an idiot! Power to the people Calvin! [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70409-waytogo.gif[/img] </div></div>

We'll make a commie outta you yet, Derob.

[Derob]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Calvin</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Derob</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Who even knows what the terror alert level is now? That danged George Bush is an idiot! Power to the people Calvin! [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70409-waytogo.gif[/img] </div></div>

We'll make a commie outta you yet, Derob. </div></div>

Socialist Democrat maybe, but I can't be no commie, I like money too much! [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70409-waytogo.gif[/img]

[Derob]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Donnika</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I like Derob's. Is it an original? There's another one that I'm surprised at. The irresponsible one. It would make a good play or screenplay. Easily the best so far... </div></div>

Yes Donnika it's original. In fact, it's true. It was Bill that made me this crazy. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazy.gif[/img]

[Nylah]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Derob</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Donnika</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I like Derob's. Is it an original? There's another one that I'm surprised at. The irresponsible one. It would make a good play or screenplay. Easily the best so far... </div></div>

Yes Donnika it's original. In fact, it's true. It was Bill that made me this crazy. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazy.gif[/img] </div></div>


u see I was gonna go there but then decided to leave that alone [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazy.gif[/img]

[Derob]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Empress_Nylah</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Derob</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Donnika</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I like Derob's. Is it an original? There's another one that I'm surprised at. The irresponsible one. It would make a good play or screenplay. Easily the best so far... </div></div>

Yes Donnika it's original. In fact, it's true. It was Bill that made me this crazy. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazy.gif[/img] </div></div>


u see I was gonna go there but then decided to leave that alone [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazy.gif[/img] </div></div>

Yes Babygirl, I should have told you, I'm crazy as a road-lizard. I was once a sucessful novelist, then I met Bill. Now I'm a hopeless drunk. I wander around town talking to myself while urinating behind dumpsters. So now you know the truth. Can you still accept me even though I sleep behind the Piggly Wiggly? [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/1teeth.jpg[/img]

[Nylah]

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not that I want derail this thread but

I accept you just the way you are [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/icon_hug.gif[/img]

jahlove7 - whatever you want to call your entry, it really is lovely to read. very sad since it is based on someone's life. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif[/img]

[Derob]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Donnika</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I like Derob's. Is it an original? There's another one that I'm surprised at. The irresponsible one. It would make a good play or screenplay. Easily the best so far... </div></div>

Irresponsible is Phatty's story, yes it is very good. Phatty writes about people's personal relationships (sex!) and we do love that! [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70458-applaud.gif[/img]

[Derob]

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And Calvin, you are my favorite Communist writer. Power to the people, you red menace! [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70409-waytogo.gif[/img]