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| just escaping my troubles | I often daydream of just escaping my troubles and responsibilities and traveling around the world seeking adventure and fortune. / But that'd make me too much like you, wouldn't it Dad? http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts334.html |
| I love beginnings | I love beginnings. / But I really hate endings. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts335.html |
| crawl into bed | You can no longer see me or hear me or feel me, but every night I crawl into bed beside you. / On the walk back to the graveyard each morning I shiver, knowing that as soft and as snuggly as your sheets are, your body can never warm up a ghost. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts336.html |
| Incurably sad and alone | A young woman emerges from the party next door and leans over the neighboring balcony. Her posture is graceful, her dress is elegant, but she looks incurably sad and alone. / I look over the railing at the city below and I wonder if she is contemplating the same thing I am. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts337.html |
| No one in particular | "I just want to be able to love someone without scaring them," he whispered to no one in particular. / Then he retreated back into his mountain fortress, same as every morning. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts338.html |
| common wisdom | Common wisdom is that one should spend their last night on earth praying. / But as we watch the first bombs explode, I can't think of anyplace I'd rather be than here holding your hand. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts339.html |
| the wizard turned me into a parrot | I trained my parrot to say, "Help help an evil wizard turned me into the parrot!" / At least that's what I tell any visitors who get too suspicious. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts340.html |
| Needed to talk | Sorry to drop by so late, but I really needed to talk to someone. / Ok, that's not exactly true... I needed to talk to you. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts341.html |
| as fall turns to winter | Every day without fail, on a ledge outside the building across the street, a lone bird sits, staring longingly into the window for hours on end. / As fall turns to winter, I watch from the comfort of my room and hope that he finds what he's searching for. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts342.html |
| just how close we came | You'll never know just how close we came to turning an unrequited crush into falling in love. / Now all you are is somebody I used to know. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts343.html |
| come to the unfortunate conclusion | I've come to the unfortunate conclusion that it's inevitable someone is going to get their heart broken. / The thing that I feel the worst about is that I know that I'm not going to be that someone. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts344.html |
| bound to end in tears | Sweet Jesus, I should have warned you that starting a relationship with me was bound to end in tears. / So could you please... sniffle... pass me another tissue? http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts345.html |
| should be enemies | I just don't think we should be enemies anymore. / I mean, I'll always hate you... It's just that I'm not in hate with you. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts346.html |
| not quite right | As I approach the girl in the flower shop, I pause, realizing that I've ben waiting for this one single moment all my life. / But something just doesn't feel quite right, and I slink away before she sees me. I promise myself I'll try again tomorrow. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts347.html |
| made the effigy | Since I can't see you in person again, I made this effigy so I can finally tell you what I think of you face to face. / So I guess the first thing I wanted to say is that you really hurt... What?... No...I wasn't trying to imply that you are fat. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts348.html |
| the best thing about bananas | The best thing about bananas is that you eat them with your hands, but you don't have to wash your hands afterwards. / That's just one more way bananas are different than a human heart. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts349.html |
| what happens to my face | The worst part of the breakup is that she'll never learn what happens to my face as I grow old. / Despite all that she meant to me, one day she'll die and I won't even know where her grave is. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts350.html |
| keeps me awake at night | Thoughts of the Yukon keep me awake at night. / I dream of leaving all the troubles of this civilized world behind... to find gold in the snow. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts351.html |
| your parents' funeral | Nothing is more difficult than giving the eulogy at your parents' funeral. / Words must be chosen so carefully so as to avoid arousing suspicion. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts352.html |
| good friends, true friends | In the past I've found that good friends, true friends, are really rare. / So I'm going to try and cook them at a higher temperature next time. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts353.html |
| followed a pretty girl | I followed a pretty girl for a few blocks today, trying to come up with a clever way to break the ice. / Sigh. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts354.html |
| Only got one | I've only got one heart to give. / Please be gentle with it. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts355.html |
| a split second of a laugh | On my evening walks through the city, I sometimes tell myself that I know that I'm going to make it through this year. / And for a split second of a laugh, it hurts a little less. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts356.html |
| A tactical error | I thought I'd made a tactical error when on our first date I awkwardly joked that her purse was large enough to fit a human head. / Until she grinned and opened it up to show me what she had inside. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts357.html |
| What to order | As soon as I found out that I was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection, I knew exactly what to order for my last meal. / The antidote. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts358.html |
| You're doing fine | You say that you're doing fine, and I'm glad to hear that, really. / But I know, I just know, he can't make you smile the way I used to make you smile. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts359.html |
| Chased so many dreams | Back and forth across the seas I've chased so many dreams... left you waiting for so very long. / But now, as my journey draws to a close, you were right... you were right... love is the only magic left in this world. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts360.html |
| the just war | We were all beyond enthusiastic to support our leaders in fighting what they said was a Just War. / But after all the carnage, I've come to understand, that whatever noble intentions there might have been... it's still just war. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts361.html |
| experience human emotions | Activist hackers uploaded a virus to the military's computer network to make it experience human emotions. / Tragically, but perhaps predictably, this action caused the opposite of what they'd hoped for. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts362.html |
| Robots will never truly understand | The thing about robots is that robots will never truly understand love, because you can't reduce love to simply a mathematical equation. / That's just the advantage we need to prevail in the war against your people. http://tinyghosts.com/archive/tinyghosts363.html |