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Opening Lines #1

She, of the hair most unruly
Trapped once, and you'd need a year to break free.
She, of the eyes of a deity
Trapped once, and forever hers you shall be.

I had known her for eight months.
And sometimes I wondered.

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  1. MyThSeptember 07, 2011 6:04 PM

    Are you sure it's a she?

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  2. _manGO_September 07, 2011 6:05 PM

    Cmon ... don't spoil my above average pieces of fiction.
    As it is I hardly write these days, if you do like this .. what tempo shall remain? Tell.

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  3. ReetSeptember 08, 2011 2:22 PM

    8 months means you met her in Feb...ahhh the month of Romance... you have been wondering long... I want to know if it took 8 months for opening lines...when can we have the first act scn 1??

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  4. ZephyrApril 10, 2012 12:59 AM

    'We measure time according to the movement of countless suns; and they measure time by little machines in their little pockets. Now tell me, how could we ever meet at the same place and the same time?'

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  5. RasnaApril 24, 2012 10:01 PM

    I had missed it till now. Beautiful lines :)

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  6. _manGO_April 24, 2012 10:05 PM

    Thank You ... inspired by a girl I saw on a flight :)

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