[stylist] Pollpeter Writing exercise

[William L Houts]

HI Brigit,

This reminds me a lot of 19th century poets and their various 
infatuations with drugs and drug use, except yours is a lot more focused 
and responsible.  I might even start calling you "Lady Byron" for the 
next few days, LOL Get well soon, Ma'am.


---Bill








On 6/15/2015 7:20 PM, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist wrote:
> In the same spirit as Bill, I figured I would write something and post it.
> Plus, have not a whole lot to do either as I continue to recover from my
> danm broken ankle, LOL!
>
> Rain pats against the window. Plinks and plops ease me into relaxation. I
> drift closer to slumber as oxy codone flows through my body. A drug-filled
> haze blankets me in its embrace. The sharp, pricking sensation in my ankle
> narrows into a dull ache. My limbs, sore and uncomfortable from disuse,
> relax enough to find sleep. It's like needing to take a long, indulgent
> stretch, but nothing happens. But the drugs trigger my nerves to forget it
> for the moment. Heaviness tugs at me. The sounds of the world escape as I
> wake to a chemical existence.
>
> Bridgit
>
>
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