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Creative Writing: The Pulls

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The Pulls still shake me deeply every time I see them. Most of the time I look away. Every instance remind me of the first time. I wasn’t fully sure of what I was exactly seeing, I’m still not. To me it looks like some illusion, some magic trick that needs only to be examined closely to see its inner workings and mechanisms. I only this things was a bug pinned to a peace of cork, I could stare at this whole thing under a microscope and every aspect of it would be illuminated as I pull it apart, piece by piece. I like to imagine that’s a normal reaction. Not understanding how this whole thing works. I keep thinking about the first one I saw. Like it could reveal the knowledge I seek. Working out on the ice, picking away, I stop for a moment. …show more content…

They always looked like that, small and round. We can take the form of any body we’ve lived in and they always chose the same one. I like to think that it’s because that was the body they were in the first time we happened upon each other. We didn’t live that life together but I like to think they’re as much a romantic as I. They would never confirm that suspicion. “I don’t know. I’ve always had a good memory.” I scoffed. “You know that saying that every soul gets a gift when it’s pulled from the ice? I guess it’d be my luck to be saddled with some shitty gift like a good memory.” Adabel laughed a little. I stared down at my bowl of soggy and dull colored leaves. “It could be worse.” They said before taking a slow sip of their drink. “You could have gotten something useless like being handsome.” They laughed again. A little harder than before. I laughed too. “Well, for your information, I like to think that every body that I’ve gotten slapped into so far has been a looker.” I didn’t actually believe that but I looked up at them, hoping that if I met their gaze they would believe I actually thought

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