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Burn, Baby, Burn
Introduction That's it, all the current Vocal Challenges have been entered now, this is the place where I burn them all. I got a Top Story for one of my entries, thanks to a recommendation by Caitlin Charlton, so this has been a successful set of Vocal Challenges for me.
By Mike Singleton š Mikeydred 6 months ago in Poets
September
9/2/25 9:55pm Iām cross-legged on the sidewalk and thereās a cloud that looks like my elementary school, they upgraded the busses on the north side so it matches your funeral-inspired eggplant drapes and I canāt tell anyone about it because it doesnāt make sense to someone with living relatives, my legs are getting stiff on the concrete and elementary cloud turned into something like a salsa rendition with goats as butlers, the drapes look a lot worse than you thought they would but it was that or the electric bill so weāre eating dinner in the dark until you find the courage to pack it up and bring it to Whole Foods, weāre doing everything in the dark until someone digs their hands into the couch and finds the lyrics to that tune we wrote last year, you said it had notes of autumnās song and I laughed at you then but now it makes sense because my family is getting smaller and the leaves donāt sound as crunchy anymore, my legs donāt feel as strong as anymore, my ceiling-fan lights donāt seem as necessary as before, and my windows donāt do anything but mock the solitude in our house that does nothing but pay homage to every grave next door.
By Olivia Dodge6 months ago in Poets
