Shaun Walters
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A happy guy that tends to write a little cynically. Just my way of dealing with the world outside my joyous little bubble.
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When the Whining Winners Won. Content Warning.
All they wanted was to end abortion and put a gun in every baby’s hands. On the day they won the first battle, the great rejoicing drowned out the screams of the rights they were treading on. And, having won, there was a great increase in births. Not necessarily the ones they had wanted, but a win is a win. Right? Soon, the whining winners got sick of hearing how they did not care for the newlyborn. The ones that were overwhelming the front steps of firehouses. The ones that overflowed the orphanages they would not fund because that was the duty of the church, any of them. Just take your pick, it's like there is one on every corner (though some church treasurers, crying into their chalice cups, were slowly coming to regret the monster they had created). Instead, they used the money to fund ad buys about the wonders of adoption and how easy it was, until they got sued for false advertising. Most of their ads tended to overlook the policies the whinging winners had put in place to block certain…non-traditional couples from adopting. Surely that was not the answer to the problem. No matter what poll after poll told them. It’s not how they felt.
By Shaun Walters9 days ago in Fiction
Anesthetic Dreams. Runner-up in 3:00 AM Challenge.
Again, the first thing I see is her soft white arm draped across my chest. So crisp and real that it looks fake, like a display on one of those box store mega TVs. I run my hand down her forearm, remembering the soft blond hairs that I used to stare at in the morning light. I turn away as she looks up at me. I’m not ready to meet her eyes. Soon, Lara will come bursting through the door. A five-year-old Visigoth in violet pajamas screaming she has come for her promised pancakes. Blue, her eyes are still a joyful blue.
By Shaun Waltersabout a month ago in Fiction
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