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Rapid

(8 stories)

#130story

One time punk band
The Rapid Neutrons
Had one single
Rapid Vapidity
Reached Number Seventy
Quite ironic
Really

Rapid” by PaulPJB, 4 Mar 18

Saccadic Intrusion

Falling asleep again.
Dreaming each other's dreams.
Falling asleep again.
Nothing is what it seems.

#130story

A bird was in the room. It flew at the window, its wings beating a rapid tattoo. Her heartbeat echoed. Fear bound them together. #130story

Hooray, temperature is rising. The melt is rapid and now the waters are lapping at our door frames. Something real to moan about. #130story

I'm rapidly losing height
The ground
Looming in my vision
Falling feels like flying
In retrospect
Jumping was a poor decision
#130story

Why was he running rapidly
When everyone else was still
He’d just joined a new free gym
And they only had one treadmill
#130story

The lentil soup was fibre dense. Soaking in the bath was tricky, his rubber duck was almost white water rafting on the rapids #130story

Rapid Ronny
A music hall star
His downfall
The theatre bar
#130story