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There is a town by the name of Betuty. Many do quite envy, For it is what they cannot be: A beacon upon a hill for all to see. Colorful houses, none too plain. Never even a drop of rain. Yet all the harvests do go well, As if under a spell.   I do not envy it. It is a frightful place to be. Its’ citizens dance around a fire screeching and laughing as they go. Many times there are echoing screams, of people like me when caught lingering. Watching. I cannot seem to get enough. The night is my cape a bush my refuge. A misstep. A broken twig. They notice. She knows too much. I run and run and run from this town named Betuty. I promise myself to never come back. I never leave.
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Apr 25, 2014
Apr 25, 2014 at 6:17 PM UTC
Betuty
There is a town by the name of Betuty. Many do quite envy, For it is what they cannot be: A beacon upon a hill for all to see. Colorful houses, none too plain. Never even a drop of rain. Yet all the harvests do go well, As if under a spell.   I do not envy it. It is a frightful place to be. Its’ citizens dance around a fire screeching and laughing as they go. Many times there are echoing screams, of people like me when caught lingering. Watching. I cannot seem to get enough. The night is my cape a bush my refuge. A misstep. A broken twig. They notice. She knows too much. I run and run and run from this town named Betuty. I promise myself to never come back. I never leave.
the name of the town arose from a prompt to use typo-versions of words. i chose 'beauty'.
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Apr 25, 2014
Apr 25, 2014 at 6:17 PM UTC
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