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Paper Shredder

August 17, 2012
By Tiffiny22 GOLD, Warrenton, Virginia
Tiffiny22 GOLD, Warrenton, Virginia
11 articles 1 photo 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Lose one friend, lose all friends, lose yourself&quot; - boy meets world.<br /> &quot;Dreams don&#039;t always have to exist while the sun&#039;s down and your eyes are shut.&quot; - Alex Gaskarth


"Piece of Paper near Paper Shredder"


I can't move, I can't talk. All I can do is watch. Watch the others' lives end with the push of the button. Listen to The Monster as it tears them up, one piece at a time. Waiting to be next, wishing to be next. For it to all just be over.
I don't recognize any of the ones who are slaughtered, they are all so different. Different, but the same; terrified, helpless, and innocent. It's not as if they did anything to deserve this fate. They were just in the wrong place, at the very wrong time.
I suppose I should be grateful that I'm still here, lying so close to The Monster, but lucky enough to not be chosen. Yet.
But Why am I still alive. Why haven't I been chosen? Wouldn't it just be easier to shred me into scraps like the others?
Being bound and gagged, I feel like a piece of paper near a paper shredder.

It's hard being the wife of serial killer.


The author's comments:
I attended a writing camp, and our first writing prompt was "Piece of Paper near a Paper Shredder."

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Tiffiny22 GOLD said...
on Aug. 21 2012 at 6:43 pm
Tiffiny22 GOLD, Warrenton, Virginia
11 articles 1 photo 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Lose one friend, lose all friends, lose yourself&quot; - boy meets world.<br /> &quot;Dreams don&#039;t always have to exist while the sun&#039;s down and your eyes are shut.&quot; - Alex Gaskarth

Thanks so much for the feedback and advice! I'll be sure to go over that part carefully when I have time to revise it. :)

villain123 said...
on Aug. 20 2012 at 1:01 pm
villain123, Bridgewater, New Jersey
0 articles 0 photos 41 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I&#039;m okay with war as long as nobody gets hurt.&quot;

At first I thought this was about anthropomorphic paper, so the ending caught me off guard. I like the metaphor. The phrase "different, but the same" doesn't make much sense by itself, you should note how they were different.