Dotty taught her lambs well, they learned on a rainy day, when shelter was desirable, but it became a form of play …
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The road is long & hard. "Keep climbing," they say. Shouting, sometimes, from stages & ages long passed away.
Bent at the waist, fingers & toes, a strange all-fours, scrabbling at stone. Will it matter if I stop & rest for a while? Will it matter if I take a breath? The road is long & hard. #hbp102
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"In fact, it’s no longer even a crime, and as a result, goes unpunished. He took the place of his victim and altered the corporation's rule so that eliminating a superior by their right hand is legitimate if the superior acts against the interests of their holders."
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No matter how fast I moved...
No matter how many steps I could skip...
It was no use.
The bottom of the steps came chasing after me, all the same.
Id find myself,
Right back at the beginning,
Having to start my journey all over again...
In the hopes of ever reaching the top the step...
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Lucy limped around the yard, tail wagging like a young puppy, sniffing about the bushes. She couldn't hear, could barely see and with the tumor, could no longer climb the stairs on her own.
Ian lifted her gently and brought her inside. He cried knowing this was their last night together. #hbp102
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She climbs stairs on tiptoes. The hallway's creaky floor does her in.
"Jennifer, is that you?"
She scurries into her darkened room, throwing clothes off in a whirlwind and grabbing her nightgown. She sticks her head out of her bedroom, dark brown hair wild.
"Whaaat? You call me, Mike?"
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“…stairs?”
“Aye.”
“Where ARE we? How did we get here?”
…dinnae ken.”
“What’s that liquid running down the sides?”
“Smells like blud.
…
Tastes like blud.”
“Blood?! Why are we climbing towards WHERE BLOOD IS COMING FROM??”
“It’s risin’. D’ye want tae drown?”
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Why does the old man climb these stairs?
There is no end to these steps for him.
Why not go back to his earthly affairs?
He heads to the light that will never dim,
Because the end is not what he cares.
The world can hear as he sings his hymn.
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We climbed stairs and distrusted elevators. We managed our highs with expectations that we were in charge, one step at a time, one moment closer. Elevators were fast plummets with strangers. Stairs were meticulous, the end in sight, we also had a Slinky..
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The never-ending struggle
of climbing stairs
That lead to nowhere
At least that’s how it’s beginning to seem
Looking back, I wonder
If the climb will be worth it
But I cannot give up now
After coming so far already
~Fayre Skye
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Jin climbed the stairs of the Viper Tower when he cleared out the first floor. It was a challenge for him lugging Dr. Roman, the Android in the wheeled box. When he arrived on the second floor, more bodies got dragged out wearing the same uniform as him. #hbp102
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The little house guardian takes his job very seriously. Every night he sits quietly at the threshold watching the ghosts dance in the moonlight. It is only when the morning star rises that he finally flicks his tail and climbs the stairs, settling at the foot of the bed with a warm purr.
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There is a vision
held tenderly with eyes closed
before me
stairs, long and deep
an invitation
to step down
while opening up
My crown
chakra
there to greet me
a spirit guide
the one
who holds, protects
and loves me unconditional
since my birth #hbp102 #writingcommunity
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They were growing, like an escalator; the more I climbed the stairs, the more stairs there were to climb. I stopped, paused for a moment, and so did the growing limestone steps. I stepped to the right, for a moments respite. Bending, to tie my shoe, the stairs shot from under me into the sky. They were flickering up and up, as the sun highlighted the edges with a stroke of bright. But it didn't happen that way. Only from my position, at the foot of the stairs, did I realise I'd fallen down. In a humble bundle, in a lump on the floor, I could see it all. The stairs falling down. My head, twisted between my legs, had snapped itself upside down after all. Those damned stairs had taken me in the fall.
Had no idea where this was going beyond the opening sentence. It gets disturbing 😳 #hbp102
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There are many ways to rise to the top. First is to ride with the cream; it’s easiest. Second is ascend with a ladder; it’s harder, requiring a lot of leg work. Third is take a ramp; fine for short hauls, deadly on a roll down. Finally there’s stairs; easiest of all with built in seats!
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I climbed the stairs first, they are mine!
Go get your own, don’t cross the line!
Thinking I’d share, you’re mistaken!
From me these steps won’t be taken!
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Calf, quads, core, glutes, hams, groin, all contract and relax in obsequious tandem to bring a body up.
That's one.
Groan ablated from the lungs shivers in the strain.
That's two.
Cursing as the neurons fire off insults to the elevator, out of order.
That's three.
Not in good shape.
Four.
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Sit on chair. Press ‘Up.' Ascend staircase s-l-o-w-l-y...
Climbing stairs two or three at a time with thighs like pistons. Running up hills until calves screaming. Sprinting with feet on fire. Body clamping on rockfaces up high, a toe-hold from death. But not now.
Almost there.
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I climbed the stairs one at a time. Why did it have to be this way? It's not right to make me choose between them. No matter up or down, one was gloating, the other angry. I paused in the middle and sat, tears streaming.
"Join me, then." a voice said.
I smiled and faded into the shadows. #hbp102
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Although I hop, I iz a cat
No, not a bunny. Now stop that!
Bet you’d look funny climbing too
To these stairs you would lose a shoe!
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"Who are you!? What even is this place?" she asked in bewilderment as she found herself climbing stairs against her will to where the man stood waiting.
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He climbed the stairs, each step a hollow toll upon the silence. The wood, wearied by time, sank beneath his weight, sighing in protest. Dust stirred in ghostly swirls, whispering secrets long buried. With each ascent, the air grew colder, shadows thickening like ink, swallowing the light.
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“Why do you look tired
While coming down?” you ask…
Because climbing those stairs
Was not an easy task!
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Looking up Jacobs Ladder.
"You said a couple of items."
"And?"
"We have got three bags and almost the kitchen sink."
"And?"
"I am carrying it."
"I needed them."
"We could have got the car."
"I would have missed out on the sales items"
"That's all very well but we still have 50 steps to go."
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Photo: Gabriel climbs a flight of stairs, Castelmezzano, Italy. Source: Jules Verne Times Two / www.julesvernex2.com, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
Imagery: Climbing stairs. #hbp102
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