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Leave

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'I'm leaving!'
Door slams, the room taut with silence, she holds her breath.
Memories, images mock her mind.
Happy ever after.
#130story

30 mins playing with a slobbering St Bernard and 2 Newfoundlands left me with an urgent need for a shower and change of clothes. #130story

Closing time, 11pm.
'Oi, you, leave it out! Leave it leave it leave it leave it.'
'Oi, you, shut up! Shut it shut it shut it.' #130story

Daddy long legs out the window, but the wind blew him back in. Daddy long legs out the window, but the wind blew him back in. #130story

If it's your last one, keep it for someone who wants it…I'm not lonely…Who waltzes any more… Don't make me get a restraining order…#130story

"Why don't you make like a tree, and get outta here!" Biff always mixes his metaphors. "It's 'leave' you idiot." Self-corrected. #130story

#130story

Brave Sir Percival
Sought the Holy Grail
But what did he achieve

Note on big door
Sorry, we're closed
We're off on annual leave

Leave” by PaulPJB, 23 Aug 17

Julie Chan, 23, won last weekend's Endurance Cobbling contest. As other competitors flagged, Julie was the last to leave her last. #130story

Leave” by edbroom, 24 Aug 17

Annual leave
Factory shutdown
Urban workers
Invade seaside town
They all go red
Attempting to brown
Cream teas
No need to frown
#130story