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I have 19 stories published in 3 collections on the site.
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philip oyok

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Last Breath

The old man's eyes languidly followed the trail of the Gecko lizard as it scampered across the cracked wall of the hut. He watched the lizard stopped and waited as if in patience as it spotted a giant fly perched close to the window's edge. A split second it probably took but to the man's feverish eyes they felt more like an eternity passing by as he watched the lizard stretch itself in one blinking move to capture the fly before escaping out through the open window.

Last Breath

The old man's eyes languidly followed the trail of the Gecko lizard as it scampered across the cracked wall of the hut. He watched the lizard stopped and waited as if in patience as it spotted a giant fly perched close to the window's edge. A split second it probably took but to the man's feverish eyes they felt more like an eternity passing by as he watched the lizard stretch itself in one blinking move to capture the fly before escaping out through the open window.

Esctacy

He lies flat on the bare floor, his arms spread further apart, rope-bound on two large stakes like a crucified Jesus. His eyes stare with intensity at the cracked surface of the ceiling, too scared to look anywhere else. The ceiling also is bare. He is naked, from the tip of his toe to the crown of his head; he truly is naked. Had there been a mirror hanging off the ceiling looking down at him, he probably would love to have admired his body. No, he wouldn't.

Dreams Of Flight

Once in my youth When I still had years and age To think about remembering you I drempt of flight: Of floating over all of God's country Over grasses of green and sweltering seas Never thinking of land

Boys Don't Cry

I and everyone knows That boys don't cry It's not about asking why Life doesn't ever come with signs Bird alway live to grow wings The sky their limits The earth their nesting Feelings I once thought couldn't have been

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