CT Idlehouse

Joined November 2017

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I write stories and articles. Sometimes they're good.

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You Are You (Beautiful You)
As a little girl I was told I was a pearl Who needed to keep myself Clean and pure. We were compared to used cars And spit-on candy bars,
By CT Idlehouse3 years ago in Poets
Fire and Brimstone
I'm so tired of hearing what the Bible says, What the preachers say, What the men in blood-soaked suits say. I am past the point of mourning
By CT Idlehouse3 years ago in Poets
They'll Come For You, Too
First, they'll silence the teachers, The writers, the theaters, The arts and the poets, Gone before you'll know it. / Soon after, it's the radio waves,
By CT Idlehouse3 years ago in Poets
To Be Dead, But Not To Die
There is a difference Between the two states of being. They seem like a paradox On the surface. Yet under the cataclysmic waves
By CT Idlehouse3 years ago in Poets
'The Handmaid's Tale' Analysis: Chapter 20-22
CHAPTER 20 Offred and the Handmaids file into the house where Ofwarren is to give birth. Offred notices the large amount of food placed out for the celebration. It should be noted that in the sequel, The Testaments, food wastage is considered heinous because of the ongoing war slowing supply lines. This extravagance of food denotes the Wife's and Commander's status, especially the coffee and wine. Handmaids are not permitted caffeine or alcohol and have strict diets because of their role as breeding slaves. The inclusion of wine is also interesting because many modern day evangelical beliefs claim alcohol and drunkenness to be sinful. This is a symbol of privilege, a brief glance into the moral hypocrisy of the elite families that supposedly represent the utmost godliness.
By CT Idlehouse3 years ago in Viva
Konami's Doing It Again
I feel like a five-year-old tattletale tugging on the teacher's dress, screaming, "Teacher, Konami's doing bad things again!"
By CT Idlehouse3 years ago in Gamers
Chains
This a low Beyond tears, Under bedrock, Into the core Of the Earth we maimed. / I do not weep; For this sadness transcends emotion,
By CT Idlehouse4 years ago in Poets
Relic Description: "The Modern Woman (c. 2022)"
I have been fossilized, Buried in the strata of collapsed society. I have become stone, Trapped in time, Like a cage, Like an insect caught in amber.
By CT Idlehouse4 years ago in Poets
Remember Us As We Were
I sense the end Blowing through the streets Like heady breezes making the windbells chime. I want to believe In a dream of permanence
By CT Idlehouse4 years ago in Poets
Woman in Woeful Limbo
This can't be the extent of life... Suffering among a merciless game Of privilege versus disadvantage. I can't have wasted 29 years...
By CT Idlehouse4 years ago in Poets
The Cycle
Sperm to egg, A zygote forms. Zygote to embryo, Ultrasound performed. Woman to doctor, "I'm not ready to be a mother."
By CT Idlehouse4 years ago in Poets
The 5 Most Annoying Sidekicks in Video Games
Sometimes I have to wonder if game designers create escort quests and useless AI partners to get revenge against the asshole company they work for. While I agree that the video game industry is rife with abusive practices that need to be taken seriously, but why are you taking it out on the gamers? There are pettier things that can be done, surely? Rat turds in the boss' coffee? Morning danishes filled with horse laxatives? (This is a joke. I do not condone that in any way. Danishes shouldn't be treated that way.)
By CT Idlehouse4 years ago in Gamers