I am an obsession, a twisted fulcrum. A distracted smile, and you tilt thusly. A gaze too deep tips you back. I etch my name across your back. It lingers when I leave.
This post was made in response to the Trifecta Writing Challenge weekend Trifextra prompt:
This week we’re asking for exactly 33 of your own words about love gone wrong. But we’re asking that you not use any of the following words:
love
sad
tears
wept
heart
pain
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Christine Hanolsy 
Chills. Seriously.
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🙂 This made my day!
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Glad I’m not the only one writing about being the seducer 😉 The word choice is uniquely your own, the words are dark and dangerous. Good stuff.
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Great take on the prompt and top marks for putting ‘fulcrum’ in there too 🙂
Enjoyed
Ally
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“You tilt thusly” = my favorite line. This is luscious!!!!
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I felt like I was reading a little tune the way it danced about. Love the words you used.
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Can’t express it any better…
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Ooo I like this one.
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Very beautifully written and poignant.
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Sufficiently twisted. Perfect
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Wow! So luxuriously written! I plain loved it.
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So few words to capture so much feeling. I’m impressed. I read this a few times, just to let sink in. You have an amazing ability to use your words in a powerful way:~)
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Great work! I love the last line! Love!
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Wow. From beginning to end, this is wonderful. A lingering obsession. Beautiful.
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WOW…great poem!
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Brilliant take!
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This is absolutely beautiful!
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*standing ovation* Gorgeous. Best poem I’ve read thus far…
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You never, ever disappoint, Christine. Your word choice here is nothing short of brilliant!
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I echo Kir and Kymm’s comments about those words and that phrase. Powerful, beautiful piece, Christine. This one will stay with me.
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Slipping ‘fulcrum’ into a love story? Girl, you rock!
btw, ‘you tilt thusly’ also blew me away.
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“it lingers when I leave”
Wish I wrote that line, it’s so telling and so achingly beautiful and desperate.
Again, you “WOW” me Christine. xo
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Quite lovely.
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This felt like a dance of sorts. Beautifully written!
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Wow! Lovely and luscious :)))
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