MelanthaTatsuya

A/N: Trigger warning? Slight body-horror and general meanness. This reads a bit more like an allegory or a prose poem, but I originally wrote it for a short story contest. ~~~~~~~~ My mouth was sewn shut when I was four years old. I say shut, though there is just enough space for my lips to move –  just enough for me to mumble when I’m required to speak. Isn’t it funny? Our first few years of life are spent unrepentantly babbling and taking shaky steps, and yet for the rest of our lives, we are required to sit in silence. And now, every year that goes by is spent internally agonizing over what we should have said, that we

Dennis was built like a tank. He ate all his vegetables; he exercised regularly; he took his physical health seriously. He maintained a careful grooming schedule, and was particular about eliminating whatever bad habits may leak into his life. However, despite all this, Dennis had never felt like he was safe – and he knew he wasn’t. Living in New York City was a gamble for anyone who hadn’t grown up in a large city. And while it was a wild, crushing ride just to walk out his front door, Dennis enjoyed the anonymity of being just one, fairly unnoticeable – if still imposing – person in a sea of millions of faces.

Premise: See the astrological birth-signs. Take their “virtues,” or most outstanding characteristics. Twist them. Their virtues are now their downfall, in opposition. In other words, I’m going to turn the honest man into a liar. ♈ Astrology Anthology -- VR: Aries (March 20 – April 19) ♉ Taurus (April 19 – May 20) ♊ Gemini (May 20 – June 20) ♋ Cancer (June 20 – July 22) ♌ Leo (July 22 – August 22) ♍ Virgo (August 22 – September 22) ♎ Libra (September 22 – October 22) ♏ Scorpio (October 22 – November 21) ♐ Sagittarius (Novem