ADD09-Final Round: The Sidewalk Ended Yesterday (407 hits)
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Submitted by FALLEN (View user info) at 2009-02-03 16:33:36 EST
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"There's no train"
It was the first thing Tom noticed. When he lived in the city every morning was the same greeting from the train that made its 5 am visit.
But not here.
Tom gave a yawn as he made his way to the bathroom only this day his time there did not include shaving.
"Maybe tomorrow" he thought, getting dressed.
He filled his mug with coffee and poured the rest into the nearby Thermos. Grabbing a Blueberry muffin from the tray he headed toward the front door of his cottage. Tom took his favorite hat from the stand and glanced at the framed plaque near the mirror.
"In appreciation for forty years of dedicated service........"
A smile crossed his face as he reflected on the time he spent. Reading further the oath
"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"
He had seen all of that through his time as a postman, but today there is no rain or heat. Only the smell of the pine trees welcomed him onto his front porch. Grabbing his fishing pole and coaxing his sleepy Golden Retriever from the sunbeam he was lounging in, Tom stepped off the porch. There certainly would be no more appointed rounds, the sidewalks ended yesterday. Only the gravel path to the lake was ahead of him.
"C'mon boy, the trout aren't going to catch themselves"
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Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2009-05-01 17:45:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2009-02-03 16:46:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Very nice. Haha you think the fruit 'blueberry' is a very important fruit.
Not this entry, but others, I notice people often strain to nclude the title in the story itself, frequently at the expense of the story. Something which I am guilty of myself.
Good luck anyway, FALLEN. You had some good competition until the gays camped.
Submitted by SilvrWolf (user info) at 2009-02-05 21:35:21 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
No Comment
Submitted by Lib (user info) at 2009-02-04 19:49:51 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Good read.
Submitted by rubbermaid (user info) at 2009-02-04 12:37:14 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Retirement for the win!
I only have...a lot longer :(
Submitted by F.J.Bell (user info) at 2009-02-04 05:42:59 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Go on, big man.
Submitted by billrhine (user info) at 2009-02-03 23:25:30 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2009-02-03 16:46:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Very nice. Haha you think the fruit 'blueberry' is a very important fruit.
Not this entry, but others, I notice people often strain to nclude the title in the story itself, frequently at the expense of the story. Something which I am guilty of myself.
Good luck anyway, FALLEN. You had some good competition until the gays camped.
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Sorry, Ms. blue eye-shadowed baby machine, but I saw no stretch to match the title to the story. Your stretches? Yeah, you try and fail all the time. . . .
PS: stfu.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2009-02-03 21:30:17 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
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Submitted by YourNameHere (user info) at 2009-02-03 21:26:38 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
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Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2009-02-03 19:50:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
My psychotic friend Andy used to work at the US post office.
Imagine that.
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2009-02-03 19:01:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
It is going to take nothing short of a miracle for this rating to increase sufficiently.
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2009-02-03 19:00:51 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
*gasps at the rating*
Thats why I said 'often' not 'always'. Not so much this competition anyway, but previously.
FALLEN will kill small children and old ladies when he see's your fat zero Katy.
He will run over you in his cerise car, and not have a single thought of remorse.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-02-03 17:22:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
ah fuck.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-02-03 17:21:41 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2009-02-03 16:46:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Not this entry, but others, I notice people often strain to nclude the title in the story itself, frequently at the expense of the story.
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i didn't include it at all in my first one.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-02-03 17:20:43 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
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Submitted by Dimenhydrinate (user info) at 2009-02-03 17:15:08 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Indeed.
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2009-02-03 16:47:09 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2009-02-03 16:46:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Very nice. Haha you think the fruit 'blueberry' is a very important fruit.
Not this entry, but others, I notice people often strain to nclude the title in the story itself, frequently at the expense of the story. Something which I am guilty of myself.
Good luck anyway, FALLEN. You had some good competition until the gays camped.