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Lit of the Week 53! ~trembling-knees, ~witwitch and *RiseandBe

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11 deviants said Things I'll tell you when you're older.The monsters
don't fit under beds
anymore

and neither
do we.

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11 deviants said

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10 deviants said Holiday Tableau IITwilight flits across
the day, warning way-
ward children it is
time to scurry home.
The sun dips, modest,
as the stars twirl in

apprehension of
the moon's arrival.
Chimneys softly sigh
as families gather
by the fireside,
where flames dance across

fresh-adorned twinkle
lights and in bright eyes.
There is a silence
in the sugary-
cinnamon air that
calms long-labored nerves

and lifts worlds off the
tops of shoulders; Homes
exude warmth, other-
wise unaccounted.
This, the holiday
glow, romanticized

and yet untarnished.
Pour another glass
of eggnog and sing
another song of
yule tide cheer - I wont
be disenchanted.

Devious Comments

~anapests-and-ink Dec 31, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

A three-way tie? Hot damn. I knew these ones were good.

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^NicSwaner Dec 31, 2012 Student Writer

It was quite exciting for me to update the front page with 3 features too.

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^NicSwaner Dec 30, 2012 Student Writer

Wow, quite a close poll for a feature this week. Best of luck to all!

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~brassknucklesgirl Dec 29, 2012

Yeah put a piece of longer prose against 2 short poems . . . I bet most people didn't even read the long one. Nice goin mods.

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`jade-pandora Dec 31, 2012

Respectfully, it isn't happening the way you supposed, I'm glad to confirm.

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=SilverInkblot Dec 29, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

Length has nothing to do with quality. Please don't insult our members by insinuating that they can't read something longer than 30 lines.

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*toxic-nebulae Dec 29, 2012 Student Writer

How, exactly, is the "longer prose" tied for first place if most people don't even read it? You're being a bit rude.
Oh, also: *going.

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`jade-pandora Dec 31, 2012

Right on!

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