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The story of a personality conflict.

The Emotion of UnHumanNess

Snake-hawk man injects himself with a
shot of inspiration!
and sees himself as a patriotic flag
waving in the icy winds of wintertime.
Two lovers loudly laughing, their voices
big and echoing against the wind!
From his aloof and lofty place
he watches them as they stroll
wrapped up together in each others arms,
his eyes turn bloodshot red and his feathers
start to fly!
His anger stirs like a spoon in a cup of steaming
black coffee!
He slithers through the grass after it has rained
and the grass has grown high enough to cover his
movements! He soars through the clear blue sky with
his sharp eyes focused a potential victim!
He has the ability of a hawk
and he has the ability of a snake which give him
multiple powers!
But the ability to love is not one of them.

Short story by Dorsey Baker