do you remember that nightwe were drinking wine in my kitchenplaying word games that started sillygot serious when it took so longjust to get through our ABCs
how by the time we got tothe middle of the alphabetthe tension was so thickthe only thing we could dowas break our bodiesagainst each otherright there in the kitchentrying not to spill the wine
how we picked back uptore through those letterswanting to winwanting to give inheaded for my bed
how I sang you to utopiaan undulation
an unusual cryescaping from your throat
somehow we kept it goingvivaciousyieldingzenith
how no matter how manyhips I've climbed sinceI can't forget this
how you made methink smile laugh crysing screamall at the same time
how nothing I find isbigger than a candle flame
how you burned my house down
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Congratulations to Morgan Christy Rickards for their winning Whispering Woods story, Guardian at the Gate. Morgan has been a Vocal creator since February 2021, and this is their first time placing in Challenge — well done, starting with a win! Guardian at the Gate draws evocatively from Welsh tales of the Cantre'r Gwaelod, a lost sunken kingdom between the forest and the sea. Heledd’s dangerous adventure pulls her towards the water but her spirit is anchored in the woods: Morgan’s writing is atmospheric and exciting.
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