No Place Like Home (918 hits)
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Submitted by Corn Nugget (View user info) at 2005-07-09 22:10:08 EDT
She pushed her hands deep into the sand, enjoying the transition from warm to cool, rough to smooth. The sun was straight overhead, unrelenting in its battle against her pale skin and brittle hair.
The waves lapped at the shore, coming near to where she lay, then slinking slowly back towards the blue abyss.
Looking out over the ocean made her melancholic. It made her think of the vastness of both life and death. It served to remind her how lonely she was, and how lonely she would always be. Even if she wasn't alone, there was always the empty feeling deep inside. The knowledge that nobody would ever know her deep secrets.
Her secrets weren't small things. She didn't have the normal secrets like, "I have a foot fetish" or "I take dance lessons". No, her secrets were huge, and tied in to her fundamental belief system.
Her secrets were the kind of secrets that would make mothers shriek and babies cry.
Her secrets were made of the things M. Knight Shyamalan would like to project on to the silver screen.
But here on the beach, with her hands deep in the sand, she found momentary solace. As long as the water didn't creep up and catch her by surprise, she would be able to forget about her cryptic secrets, and pretend to be normal.
She could be like everyone else.
A small boy ran by without noticing her, yet his mother, forgetting her manners, could not look away from her hideous nose.
These things happened every day; she had finally become accustomed to this. Usually the stares started at her nose, slowly travelled the length of her body, noticing her wrecked legs, and ended at her hands. Usually the observer cringed and hurried away. The sand protected her hands from the beam of this mothers eagle eye, and her prone position made her misshapen legs look nearly normal.
When she was alone again, she pulled her hands from the damp sand, and ran them through her hair. Her hair was rough and matted a bit near her scalp and she worked at the thick black mess with her long fingernails.
While her hands were tangled in her hair, her mind started to tangle around her past. It placed blame, it called foul, it cried and it mourned. More than anything, she'd love to go home. She'd love to wear the clothes she was accustomed to, she'd love to ride around, careless and proud. She'd love to believe she was powerful once again.
As she was lost in her reverie, she failed to notice the waves slowly encroaching upon her space. She was quickly reminded of her secrets and her shame when one sole wave lapped up against her heel, and her skin melted away, revealing a bit of bone.
All of this, and it was Dorothys fault. There truly is no place like home.
User Reviews
Submitted by shandythedog (user info) at 2005-09-25 07:55:52 EDT (#)
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btw - good to see you are still writing good stuff, porn
Submitted by shandythedog (user info) at 2005-09-25 07:44:03 EDT (#)
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do you have a nose complex?
Submitted by thecaes (user info) at 2005-07-11 08:54:53 EDT (#)
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Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2005-07-11 07:41:31 (#)
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she's a WITCH, Caesar, not an astronaut.
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I realize that...but she wouldn't want to get WET now, would she, since it burns her flesh.
Yeesh.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2005-07-11 08:11:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Great, smashing, super.
Submitted by Xcuses (user info) at 2005-07-11 08:06:23 EDT (#)
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Nice story to come back to after a long weekend
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2005-07-11 07:41:31 EDT (#)
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she's a WITCH, Caesar, not an astronaut.
Submitted by UrbaneMischief (user info) at 2005-07-10 23:02:06 EDT (#)
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no comment needed
Submitted by Amy (user info) at 2005-07-10 21:25:52 EDT (#)
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hehe awesome!
Submitted by thecaes (user info) at 2005-07-10 20:21:58 EDT (#)
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Hah, nice.
What kind of swimsuit does the Wicked Witch Wear? A spacesuit?
Submitted by LadyPlural (user info) at 2005-07-10 19:05:11 EDT (#)
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It is a book by Gregory Maguire (I think I spelled that wrong) about the 'real' story of the Wicked Witch of the West. Like, the Wizard of Oz is actually doing bad things, and she's fighting against him but he makes her out to be evil to the people because otherwise they might listen to what she says, etc etc. It's a pretty good book, and they made a musical out of it that's on Broadway right now. It's not great, but it's pretty damn good.
Mostly, this was just an alternative story about the WWotW, so it reminded me and apparently someone else about the book/musical.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2005-07-10 18:52:32 EDT (#)
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What's Wicked? I was thinking more along the lines of Wizard of Oz.
Submitted by LadyPlural (user info) at 2005-07-10 18:46:09 EDT (#)
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What the fuck is this? Like, Musical Day or something? Steve and rad were talking about Avenue Q over on Steve's post, and now you with Wicked?
And yes, I know that it's a book as well. It just reminded me. Damnit, this hurricane thing is annoying.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-07-10 16:12:28 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Viciousriffs (user info) at 2005-07-10 12:15:00 EDT (#)
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ahhhhhh, Cor.
>fastclap w00t!<
Submitted by MANICMOTHER (user info) at 2005-07-10 09:36:00 EDT (#)
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Always impressed when you write. Danm twisted and wonderful at the same time. Call Me.
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2005-07-10 03:45:43 EDT (#)
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first I thought this was cliched and then I read the reviews and realised it is cool.
Submitted by iradney (user info) at 2005-07-10 03:08:18 EDT (#)
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brilliant!
Submitted by Lisa (user info) at 2005-07-10 02:37:50 EDT (#)
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Oh, dude, it took me forever to get this. I thought, "How is this hilarious? Corinne is a sick, twisted woman." Now I think, "This is hilarious. Corinne is a sick, twisted woman."
Submitted by WellFedEthiopian (user info) at 2005-07-10 00:06:54 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2005-07-09 23:52:37 EDT (#)
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Very nicely done.
Were you a consultant for "Wicked" - the book?
Submitted by RandytheHelpfulPineapple (user info) at 2005-07-09 23:14:18 EDT (#)
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I never knew that the Wicked Witch was so deep, I always thought of her as... well... wicked.
Submitted by Lechuga (user info) at 2005-07-09 22:54:35 EDT (#)
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The Wicked Witch Of The West!
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2005-07-09 22:13:05 EDT (#)
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hahaha