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Stalker Explained

What I MEANT: He stands at her window, eager to look in. Though he feels like a creep peeking through the shutters. Heatedly, he mutters to her in her sleep. Inspired by the rant he's reaching for the panties he made sure to keep. What I WROTE: Peering at her as she sleeps, nearing tiers of the devout, smearing pleas on the glass as he peeps, impotent, from the grass. He's about to unfold the silk memoir he keeps, and lovingly smooth it out.

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Kp Nunez

Date: 7/2/2015 10:43:00 AM

Hi again! Had to check the contest for this as this is quite new for me. Um, it's like this...I read the top one first, okay...so nothing. Then I read the according to you is the original, the one at the bottom. Girl, in seconds I was tearing up! What I'm saying is, the way I see it, it's not only how we perceive...it's the words poetically used! Loved it, Lycia. hugs!

Lycia Harding
Date: 7/2/2015 5:20:00 PM

So yeah, we do have a similar methodology. I'm sure that's why I like your stuff and you like mine. I wonder if other people find it entertaining or if they're just like, "Okay, whatever... Umm... nice title, cynical chick." heh heh

Lycia Harding
Date: 7/2/2015 5:14:00 PM

The man in that first version is so cliche but I don't think most people would go straight to the off kilter guy. WE would though, you and I, either because we are more realistic, we are more sardonic or maybe because the guys we've met have been much closer in nature to the peeper than to prince charming. We are a genre of two!

Lycia Harding
Date: 7/2/2015 5:13:00 PM

Yes, yes, yes! This guy is not her devoted leading man, he's a FREAK, a PERV, a PEEPING TOM and he's outside her window eyeballing her and fondling her stolen panties. He's creeping me out!