The Goal of the Ear-worm

Let’s just get to the point. I have a new goal. I want to create an ear-worm. Doesn’t have to be a song (looking at you Islands in the Stream (you are welcome for getting that in your head. Good luck getting it out!)). Or it can just be a poem (nod to The Raven). It doesn’t matter. I just want my words to become an insidious ear-worm that gets stuck on replay in people’s heads. Too much to ask?

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The Samson Pill: Conclusion Chapter 25

Chapter XXV  December … and ten years later

The three stood staring at each other.  After all this time, both Cooper and Jacob got what they had each wanted.  Cooper looked at the man who had killed his mother.  Jacob looked at his legacy’s salvation.  Only one was going to leave the room alive and they both knew it.  Both were determined to be the victor although Jacob was a little more smug with his aspirations. 

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The Samson Pill: Conclusion Chapter 24

Chapter XXIV Many, many years ago but no one knows how many

She thought he would have been excited.  But judging from his silence she was wrong.  She thought when she told him about the baby, he would elevate her into his world.  Again, she was wrong.  Instead, his first question seemingly burned a hole in her heart.

“You sure it’s mine?” he asked in such a low tone it took a moment for her to process his words.  They sat on a park bench in the dark.  Nothing new there, the only time he met her was in the dark of the night.

“Of course,” she forced a laugh.  What a silly question.  “Who else would it be?”

He shrugged his shoulders.  “Could be anyone’s really.”  He didn’t even look at her.

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