Daily Lit Recognition for September 5^th, 2014

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Poetry

_{Featured by: LionesseRampant}
Circus of Fleeting BreathI worshiped you,
Madly thrumming against the walls.
You looked past me,
Unaffected by my broken rhythm.
You summoned darkness to surround me
In my naivete, strangling the light
To mock my vain attempts
At earning your attention,
But, in striking contrast to my flailing limbs
Drumming out my desperation
Against your cold stone,
You did not move.
Dance. Dance. Dance with me--
The repetition of my futility.
You wouldn't even do me the honor
Of holding me at arm's length.
People stared,
Mesmerized by my disjointed movements,
As random nerve endings fired.
They saw only my self-destructing.
You were the constant--
So constant that, to them,
You became the scenery
Unnoticed by my motion.
They didn’t know the reason
For my dissonant beating against the concrete;
Trying to change what is certain,
But I was their little circus of fleeting breath.
They, too happy to observe
The funny sight that didn't concern them,
Would not bestow the gift of death,
And so, I danced.
Circus of Fleeting Breath by Vegetabelle

<sub>An enchanting poem inspired by something simple.

Suggested by: hopeburnsblue
Featured by: chromeantennae</sub>
Prism BoyLoving prism boy
imprisoned in Leaves of Grass.
Sprint, grow, transcend – bound
towards a Jupiter dawn:
your natural liberty.
Prism Boy by TristanCody

_{Suggester says: Through extended metaphor in nature
and astrology, as well as impactful imagery, this beautiful tanka
embodies the concept that we are one with the Universe and
that love is the most important of all.}

Prose

_{Suggested by: SilverInkblot
Featured by: Rose-Em}
PowerlessEvery morning, Dorothy was woken by her caregiver, whom she affectionately called Edward. He would play a song to greet her and increase the room’s light in steady increments as she opened her eyes. One morning, this did not happen.
ZHWOOOOOM.
Dorothy screamed and awoke to darkness.
“Oh gods, what is that? Edward, identify!”
Something buzzed and fizzled.
“Edward?”
A blue spark flashed, sharp and hot. She blinked the tears away and strained to find Edward’s shape or hear his voice. Another spark flashed and threw the shadow of her jittering robot against the wall. Misery drowned away the fear.
“Edward, are you dead?”
Edward spluttered a few more sparks. Not yet, Mistress, he seemed to say. But soon.
“Oh, no no no. Don’t worry, my dear. I’ll get you fixed.”
She leaned over and pressed the emergency call button on her bedside table. While she waited (with eyes shielded from poor Edward’s dea
Powerless by Rieal-Dragonsbane

<sub>A bit of sci-fi, ending on a devious cliffhanger.

Featured by doodlerTM</sub>

Super Computer Finds Infinity by AyeAye12

_{A highly entertaining story about a sentient computer
who finds the answer to the cause of life and the universe.}


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_{Prepared by: LionesseRampant}