The two men, bitter rivals and starving, found harmony in a shared loaf of moldering bread. There would be time enough later for hatred.
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Lego vs. Coral
“Stepping on a Lego ain’t nothin’. Try steppin’ on live coral!” the old man grinned, “Ain’t never seen a piece of plastic cause a life threatenin’ infection like they can.”
He held up his right foot, showing-off the scars the healed infection had left.
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Phone Booth
Oh, London, England, how you fool me every time. Stepped into one of your big, charmingly red phone booths and found myself teleporting through space, caught in a futuristic gun-battle between H.G. Wells and Gene Roddenberry, that George Lucas eventually won.
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Frosty the Snowman, Reimagined
Christmas came, Christmas went and still “Frosty,’ sang and danced about the countryside. The avowed bachelor decided to put a stop to it. Besides, he had a use for that old silk hat. She was waiting in his bedroom, yet to be filled with air.
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After Christmas
Eve of Christmas:
All presents opened,
Dinner is eaten,
Family, friends gone.
I find myself both
Satisfied and let down. -
Coal
Tommy secreted his way to his bedroom to cry, once he discovered his fall from grace. After all, he was the one one who had a stocking filled with coal.
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Little Dolly
“See?” mother offered, “I told you Santa would get your letter even though you misspelled his name.”
The little girl blushed, recalling how she had printed ‘Satan,’ instead of ‘Santa.’ She loved her Christmas gift; a little dolly with blond hair and blue eyes like her own.
She fell asleep in bed that night clutching her little dolly tightly to her chest. She woke at 3:13 am, with little dolly tightly clutching her throat.
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