negate | dissemble | granary

Heidi could no longer negate the reason for her beautiful garden, as Chad made one last attempt to dissemble another body in the overstuffed granary.

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ravage | agog | rudimentary

He ravaged the fog;
With a rudimentary explosion;
Bystanders agog;
Of the controlled implosion.

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shirk | referendum | trunk

It was an easy referendum for the men. They agreed it was time to punish the shirk. They trekked to Wasi's house, gathering stones as they approached. The closer they got, they realized he had carved not a false god into the trunk of his wilting tree. He had engraved the image of his wife, whom they had stoned for neglecting to wear her burkha outside one evening, a month ago to the day.

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absolve | wispy | efface

As the wispy trail from my turret disappeared, my next round locked in. I froze. Having carried out orders to efface one of this cultures greatest historic structures, I couldn't fire another round. There was non duress. No cover fired needed. Just blind orders by a power hungry leader. I may be dishonorably discharged, even jailed, but my heart will absolve itself. That was the first time I saw Lady Liberty with my own eyes. Now I took part in her destruction, this gift we once gave them.

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wary | cartographer | magnitude

The cartographer laid the last piece of the world on the courtyard. Had his thirteen year journey been worthwhile? He climbed to the balcony to overlook his creation. Wary of the magnitude his discoveries may have on the beliefs of the masses, he ran back down, rolled them all up and immediately requested the presence of the Queen.

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eschew | discord | vivisection

One by one, the villagers walked out of His temple. As the last one closed the doors, he hammered a small parchment to the front.

God,

Our discord in your practices has given us no choice but to eschew your worship until you bring us a life worth living.

We will look for your sign,
Joseph

As Joseph walked away, He reached down, snatched him and proceeded with another vivisection. Why can they not realize that by giving them the ability to eschew Him, He gave them the ability to create their own life worth living.

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figure | bully | automaton

Billy the bully had gone too far. The soaked, deformed figure limped closer, letting out a fierce growl, as he cowered in the corner of the pool house. This was no ordinary toy, Billy realized. This was a prototype Archimedes Automaton Teddy who he had pushed too far.

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vitriolic | cantata | regicide

Looking through the spotlights during his last cantata, he realized his voice had become vitriolic. They no longer had tears of exhaustive praise. They had tears of disappointment. After the show, he retired to his room, said goodbye to the Colonel and committed self-regicide.

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sheer | Machiavellian | soar

My eyes focused off his sudden Machiavellian smile and onto a growing reflection on the window behind him. With his snide, British accent came the last words I heard, "You never con a con-man," as the figure in the reflection slipped a sheer bag around my head and knocked me out.

"Wakey wakey. It's time to soar." I opened my eyes in time to see the ground rushing towards me.

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topple | infinitesimal | apiary

A little girl;
Feeling grand to the world;
Came upon an apiary.

As the bees flew around;
She toppled to the ground;
Now feeling infinitesimal.

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conversant | incredulity | placid

When I first arrived, I thought I was fully conversant in their behaviors. But once I settled down under a nearby tree, notebook in hand, their mood suddenly became placid. Where they were once playing with each other, they now slowly began to stop in their tracks and stare at me. Never has the incredulity in my own studies been so high. Two began to creep forward. I didn't want to become one of them like my predecessor.

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actuate | cerebral | palette

Even though I couldn't feel my feet, I just stood there. I was mesmerized by the evolving palette of red flowing over the stark white ground. Such a beautiful abstract coming from such a horrific, yet personally enjoyable, origin. My approach went from cerebral to emotional when they hung up on me. That's when I actuated the wood chipper and knocked her out.

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torrid | circumspect | extradition

I was awakened by the close of the door and a note explaining her pending extradition. I rushed to the window to watch her cross the street below. Becoming circumspect of the torrid night we had, I followed only with my heart.

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