100 Character Micro Challenge // Group 5: break

 

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1. Choose your favorite stories below (choose as many as you like):

Choose your favorite stories below (choose as many as you like):   Lights and sounds overwhelm. I need a break. I light my cigarette, and feel a puff of confidence. // by Anna Dinissuk BREAK UP/ We need to talk/ less // by Darcie Burrell In retrospect, Marty's plan to break up with Jo never stood a chance once they'd entered LazerLand. // by David Saslav Break every cage! She saved monkeys, dogs - cats with exposed brains! They put her in a cage too. // by Jennifer Howell Body broken. Life purloined. To have nothing I prosper. To say nothing I break. // by Ann O'Neill He told me we needed a break. I told him he needed his tires slashed. // by Rachel Law I need a break, she said. Over his sobs, he didn’t hear the sound of his own neck snapping. // by Stuart Creque A break in the clouds gave her last moments meaning, as dappled sunlight dazzled her weary eyes. // by Jeff Davis Allie took a break from judging the passersby, her moral superiority as a tabby cat was exhausted. // by Timothy W. Cravens He’s so fragile he might break. So beautiful. Is my blood and my love enough to save this baby boy? // by Anna Dinissuk BREAK CURFEW/ Strictly speaking/ this poem is not allowed out/ Past eleven words // by Darcie Burrell Time to break with the past. Move away; leave no traces. Start afresh: new name, new me. Live. Win. // by Diana Galletly (323) did an eight ball with the point break dude. gonna seduce him in the hot tub. thinking of you. // by David Shute The small village was in trouble. The break in the dam was too strong for its residents to hold. // by Gary Simeone Grandpa passing. Grandmother leaving. “Now, that’s how you break wind.” // by Lindsey Anthony Walls close in. Fingers are numb. The sky's the limit. The ground's the end. I refuse to break. // by Melissa R. Mendelson I am no good. I am useless. I'm a failure. I'm a loser. STOP! BREAK IT! Take a breath and fake it. // by Neroli Wesley I’ll hold the sky up while you get the apples, said Hercules. OK, said Atlas, I need a break anyway. // by Stuart Creque We break them horses but ain't tryin too hard. We hope they wild'n buck ol Mackey'n bust his head. // by Suzanne Eckl 16 covered trucks coming, their lights off. Break quarantine. We need to get the fuck out of here. // by David Shute Now that they were grown, she decided to break that promise made over pancakes. She missed syrup. // by Lindsey Anthony “It’s my break” purred Anita, moving with a flash of skin. Crack! Two balls in the corner pocket. // by Mary Becquet Amy wanted to break the rules, nobody was looking. She smiled as she blew bubbles in her milk. // by Matt Silvestri Daddy, he say he gone break it off. Mom just take it. But I know it gone be her that do the breakin. // by Suzanne Eckl Our next manned mission was to Mars. Budget cuts. Bad break. Now NASA means Not About Space Anymore. // by Tom Peterson