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[semperfiona]

sistercoyote's words this week inspired me, and I sat down for twenty minutes to write the first non-journal writing I've done in months. I'm not entirely enamored of it; I think there is still some more work to be done on it, and it's too bad I can't duplicate the sheet of notepaper with my work-in-progress scratchings-out, insertions and marginalia, but I'm posting it here anyway.

I hope to make myself write something each week with those words. I realized earlier this afternoon that I seem to do better at writing when I have an assignment.

Freefall

Stars pierce like needles the velvet night of space. Suited against the hungry pressure of emptiness, A spider's silken thread his slender tether; A box of tools, a choice: repair his metal bucket Or loose his anchor and drift away

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[sistercoyote.livejournal.com]

Well, gee. I'm glad I inspired someone.

I can't take all the credit, though. mrknowitall came up with this week's words.

You made something supremely lovely out of them, however.

Thank you for sharing it.

[semperfiona]

::glow:: Thank you! After I read the words, I just kept seeing this image of an astronaut doing a space walk, mixed with the theme from "Major Tom"...

btw I loved yours as well. Isn't it wonderful how such completely different things can come out of the same words?