American Sentences

[captainman2018]

She Enjoyed Watching Me

She looked up with a smile like she enjoyed watching me fuck her best friend.

 

[greenmountaineer]

I sometimes wonder what ever happened to Jesus Christ Superstar?

 

[Tzara]

An offshore wind blows sand over my shoes, so I walk through the seafoam.

 

[chris2c4u]

Van Gogh did his seascape and the sand was blown onto his canvases.

 

[darkerdreamer]

I'd rather be absent than detrimental, this only ends one way.

 

[Tzara]

This Morning

I found paw prints on my beach. I like that here roam other animals.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

Regrets

In dusty heaps lie many discarded poems. Silver fish picnic.

 

[greenmountaineer]

Discalced

Our feet were sore for leather, but then we felt our poverty in grass.

 

[Piscator]

Discalced

Our feet were sore for leather, but then we felt our poverty in grass.

One word and I'm off to Google, to unlock the depth of your sentence.

 

[Tzara]

Discalced

Our feet were sore for leather, but then we felt our poverty in grass.

Charism

That I can speak, that I can read—there is God's great gift. ... (If I believed.)




One of the things I have always loved about this place is how much I learn from the other posters. gm's initial post (and Piscator's response) led me off onto a fascinating diversion about the Carmelite order, which led me back to one of my favorite operas, Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites and its wrenching final scene (the swoosh sound is that of the guillotine, executing the nuns).

I might comment some more after I stop crying.

 

[chris2c4u]

Even if you don't, even if you don't. Takes a swig. Gimme amen.

 

[Tzara]

Slate

Here's the thing about tides—every day, every day, they wipe the beach clean.

 

[cherries_on_snow]

Neutrinos are perfect tourists; you probably won't even know they're there.

 

[greenmountaineer]

If Spot Could Talk

I lick you with kitty poop on my breath and defend you unto death.

 

[chris2c4u]

It's someone's job to make triggers. Who thinks of them, talking easily?

 

[Remec]

Hair Trigger

If Dad taught me only one thing it was this: always use my safety.

 

[chris2c4u]

It's as close as you get, then the words take you away again. Hello?

 

[Angeline]

Frankenwords

Seventeen syllables must express themselves. Sound! Color! A story!

 

[Tzara]

Frankenwords

Seventeen syllables must express themselves. Sound! Color! A story!

My words need more than just a bolt of lightning to come to life today.



That I originally mistyped this as a "blot of lightning" underscores the sentiment expressed.

 

[Angeline]

My words need more than just a bolt of lightning to come to life today.



That I originally mistyped this as a "blot of lightning" underscores the sentiment expressed.

Technically Cheating

Perhaps you've noticed I didn't tell a story, but just implied one.

 

[chris2c4u]

The blot of lightning lit the implications for all of us, spread across unsteady skies.

 

[Angeline]

The blot of lightning lit the implications for all of us, spread across unsteady skies.

When the blot reached the ground it was discovered to be a tiny cloud.

 

[chris2c4u]

When the blot reached the ground it was discovered to be a tiny cloud.

whose language was understood only by yaks who lived close to the sky

 

[greenmountaineer]

Biloxi

You shall tell your child a fleeing slave does not have time for bread to rise.

 

[Tzara]

At least the maras would just kill me, then adopt my son. Not steal him.