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MatthewMarquis
Matthew Marquis 

United States, NC, Asheville
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Ashes
crush....
Poetry|  Updated:23-05-07
Words:16|  Comments:27|  Status:Public

Blurred Vision
Eyes blurred -...
Poetry|  Genre:Cinquain|  Updated:24-08-07
Words:20|  Comments:8|  Status:Public

Breathless
Dreaming,...
Poetry|  Updated:31-08-07
Words:18|  Comments:3|  Status:Public

But I Love You
I wanted to tell her how much I needed her ?? how she was everything to me and how, this time I was...
Short Stories|  Genre:Humor and Satire|  Updated:05-07-07
Words:433|  Comments:12|  Status:Public

Chickadee
I looked...
Poetry|  Genre:Cinquain|  Updated:24-08-07
Words:17|  Comments:1|  Status:Public

Count On Me
As the wind??s cool mellow...
Short Stories|  Updated:22-07-07
Words:119|  Comments:4|  Status:Public

Creamed Corn - Karjon's wee challenge for "The Fugitive"
Back against the wall, she lamented going in. She knew better. She knew she??d get beaten again by...
Flash Fiction|  Genre:Suspense / Thriller|  Updated:24-08-07
Words:100|  Comments:3|  Status:Public

Daddy
Daddy,...
Poetry|  Genre:Cinquain Poem|  Updated:31-08-07
Words:17|  Comments:3|  Status:Public

Deal Or No Deal
Try as I could I just couldn??t keep the belch from coming. In the conference room for nearly an hour with a handful of new clients and my boss sitting next to me trying to be entertaining I tried to...
Short Stories|  Genre:Humor & Satire|  Updated:11-07-07
Words:1073|  Comments:4|  Status:Public

Decimation
Atom...
Poetry|  Genre:Cinquain Poetry|  Updated:31-08-07
Words:13|  Comments:1|  Status:Public

Done
The clock has come full circle. tick tick tick tick tick tick tick and I am nearly out of time. I??m frantic. Frenetic. Consumed with fear and terror that my time has passed me by. I??ve made...
Poetry|  Genre:Free Verse|  Updated:31-08-07
Words:397|  Comments:4|  Status:Public

Dusk
Behold the night??s song....
Poetry|  Updated:24-05-07
Words:72|  Comments:9|  Status:Public

Echoes
The wall echoes the sound;...
Poetry|  Updated:03-09-07
Words:67|  Comments:3|  Status:Public

ECT
They lie you down and comfort you as they remove your socks and glasses. A needle in the arm and the...
Poetry|  Genre:Prose Poetry|  Updated:04-09-07
Words:223|  Comments:1|  Status:Public

Falling Down
If at...
Poetry|  Genre:Cinquain|  Updated:05-09-07
Words:17|  Comments:1|  Status:Public

Feet, No Fetish
I used to have really nice feet. Model-type nice feet. The type of feet that would allow me to go over to strangers' homes, kick off the shoes and socks, and smack them heel down right on the dinner...
Short Stories|  Genre:Humor & Satire|  Updated:22-07-07
Words:862|  Comments:9|  Status:Public

Home
The house...
Poetry|  Genre:Cinquain|  Updated:08-09-07
Words:18|  Comments:1|  Status:Public

Lonely
I had known that there would be someone moving into the house soon enough because the for sale sign had been taken down weeks ago. The yard??s thick tall grass and sloppy looking cherry hedges made...
Short Stories|  Genre:Literary Fiction|  Updated:21-06-07
Words:5035|  Comments:13|  Status:Public

My Happy Place
Walking down the happy path through the meadow I noticed first the lovely birds, and then the song...
Flash Fiction|  Updated:23-04-07
Words:29|  Comments:10|  Status:Public

Numbers
Dear reader,...
Short Stories|  Updated:25-07-07
Words:3826|  Comments:3|  Status:Public

On My Own
I can??t say much about what I want to say. I want to say what a pretentious piece of shit my younger brother is and what a nasty selfish hillbilly my older brother is; two goons resting haggard in...
Short Stories|  Genre:Prose Poetry|  Updated:03-06-07
Words:709|  Comments:8|  Status:Public

Pet Conspiracy
Journal entry: Monday, July 17....
Short Stories|  Updated:03-09-07
Words:2053|  Comments:3|  Status:Public

Popular Mortgage Company
Last year we were four months behind in mortgage when the benevolent folks at Popular Mortgage...
Short Stories|  Genre:Humor and Satire|  Updated:18-08-07
Words:1540|  Comments:3|  Status:Public

Relay for Life - Chapter one draft
The phone felt heavy in my hand like it was the dead weight of a cat or a small dog. It shook as I clutched it so hard as to not allow my frustration to creep into the conversation. I tried to control...
Short Stories|  Genre:Literary fiction|  Updated:20-05-07
Words:2264|  Comments:3|  Status:Public

Schizophrenic Travel
??Well, this is a fine frikkin?? mess you??ve gotten us into. You drive like shit.?...
Flash Fiction|  Genre:Humor & Satire|  Updated:26-08-07
Words:40|  Comments:1|  Status:Public

Small Hands, Nimble Fingers
Small hands...
Poetry|  Updated:05-05-07
Words:128|  Comments:3|  Status:Public

Some Sunday Night In 1979
My mom is ironing her work clothes for the week....
Poetry|  Updated:23-05-07
Words:413|  Comments:5|  Status:Public

Speaking of Tongues
I swallowed my tongue a couple of days ago, just to see how it would feel. I had heard quite often for some strange reason growing up about people swallowing their tongues, epileptics and drug addicts...
Short Stories|  Updated:06-07-07
Words:3193|  Comments:4|  Status:Public

Take the High Road
I decided to take the high road even though I was bent out of shape that she forced me to have this little meeting. I was also quite frustrated and angry by her running verbal onslaught exercised to...
Short Stories|  Updated:16-05-07
Words:2718|  Comments:1|  Status:Public

The Coffee Shop
In the coffee shop the blues are playing While the barista calls back orders from the counter clerk. The man at the counter is ordering a Long complicated drink in the largest cup available And it...
Poetry|  Genre:Free Verse|  Updated:13-09-07
Words:348|  Comments:1|  Status:Public
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