OneWord Exercise: Anxiety (Day 30 of 30)

Sasha's train sped past her in a gust of wind. She watched it diminish into a single point on the horizon and thought, How am I going to get to the match now?

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Whoo! That was fun.

OneWord Exercise: Stereo (Day 29 of 30)

Natasha set the stereo on a rock far from the water and turned the volume up as far as it could go. Even though the music couldn't follow her into the waves, she had the pulse of it in her head by the time she dove in.

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OneWord Exercise: Licorice (Day 28 of 30)

Alex left most of the licorice in the car before school. What he brought with him he ate in homeroom and spent the rest of the day wondering whether or not licorice melts.

So he's kind of caught off-guard when the gym explodes.

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OneWord Exercise: Cigarette (Day 27 of 30)

After her family leaves, Cynthia spins a cigarette between her fingers like a small baton and stares out the window of her hospital room, mildly hating everyone and everything. She's so intent on maintaining a constant degree of hatred that she doesn't notice Royce enter the room, pick up the remote and change the channel to America's Top Model.

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