HeyJaredDarian Kiener
Hello everyone! I am Darian. I am a storyteller and a poet looking to share my work. I’m currently working on my Master's in English at UNCG.
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Dear Sarah, I Think the World is Ending (Part 7) (opens the original)
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ShareSimon,I don’t know why I am writing this note. I guess I am getting desperate. It’s been a week now, and the rain still hasn’t stopped. The bridge into my subdivision flooded 2 days in, and the creek is jammed with debris. I can’t see the base of the bridge anymore. It might’ve been washed out – I didn’t risk trying to cross it with my car. When I went
Dear Sarah, I Think the World is Ending (Part 6) (opens the original)
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ShareSarah,I made the long walk to the library. I decided to wait until my clothes were dry and till I was well rested enough to know I would make it. Given the amount of time we spent at the library before all this took place, I had no trouble figuring out which direction to head and what going that way would entail. I knew that I would encounter deeper flood waters on the way,
Dear Sarah, I Think the World is Ending (Part 5) (opens the original)
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ShareSarah,I walked for three hours yesterday. I left my dank home behind in search of a house on a hill where flood waters can’t penetrate the sanctity of a home. Though what makes a home? Is it simply the place you lay your head at the end of the day or is it something else? I couldn’t tell you. And honestly in a world that has let comfort go by the wayside, I find
Dear Sarah, I Think the World is Ending (Part 4) (opens the original)
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ShareSarah,I knew this day would come, I just didn’t expect it so soon, 4 weeks is all it took. 4 weeks of constant rain, of wet walls, no lights, no birds, and no comfort. I don’t know how you are feeling. Maybe your house is away from all this. Maybe I am the only one suffering this madness. Maybe it’s all in my head? Maybe this melancholic end of the world is
Dear Sarah, I Think the World is Ending (Part 3) (opens the original)
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ShareSarah,Financial stress used to haunt me. It really did; I would crunch numbers until it made my head spin. I was so afraid that I would come up short or that I would miss something and ruin my credit or I just wouldn’t have enough to pay my bills at the end of the month. I suppose you could say my greatest fear was the lights going out. Well, the lights just went out,
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