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Tag: Ambiguity-

  • Almost

    Almost

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    Harper Leigh
    in

    Detachment did not arrive all at once. It came in pauses.In moments where her hand no longer reached for the phone, then hovered, then rested.In the absence of urgency rather than the presence of certainty. She noticed she no longer needed to check.Not because she was free.But because the need had softened. There was a…

  • The Ambiguous Ghost

    The Ambiguous Ghost

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    by

    Harper Leigh
    in

    The ghost is not fully formed. The possibility of it is there. I sense it before I see anything. Not a presence exactly. More of a shift. The room feels slightly less empty than it should. The light holds longer in the corners. The air pauses, as if waiting to be noticed. When I look,…