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Toys

A prose poem

By Matthew AgnewPublished 4 months ago 1 min read
Toys
Photo by Daniel K Cheung on Unsplash

Turtles and legos don’t mix. How could they? The size, flexibility, vulnerability, and ability to adjust to these modern times just simply cannot align. The purpose of them is even different. One is meant to change and explore and go up and start over and change again. The other mimics a singular point in time where the outcome has been decided and your options are limited to the path another built. But I figured it out. I even brought the stiff, muscular ones into the mix. I built a whole conceptual world. There were goals, hopes, enemies, saviors, bystanders, twists, and a power that they all must either contain or vanquish. Did you know they could all do that? Did you put them together, in the same place with a shared focus? Their dreams were just so different! But you aren’t supposed to use their dreams. Use yours. They are much better.

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About the Creator

Matthew Agnew

Writing makes the bad thoughts go away, and the good thoughts more memorable. Despite the ominous tone, I love to write with humor and deep thought that helps me grow.

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