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Man Of Stone

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There was a great man of stone bricks. He watched the people from atop a mountain. Everybody in the town feared his wrath, as he was ten stories high. So people behaved, and he never needed to intervene.

After a century or two, people began to wonder if the stone man could move at all. They collected in a mob and tried to hurt the stone man, assuming it was just a pile of rocks. They were unable to make the stone man move, so they turned their frustration on the rest of the town.

The stone man looked down on the town, falling apart before him. People were killing each other, stores were looted, and violence was everywhere. Seeing the atrocity before him, the stone man finally decided to end things himself. He started to stand, but nothing was holding the bricks of his body together, and he started to crumble under his own weight. He watched as his fingers disintegrated before his eyes. He watched his legs give out beneath him. Finally, he watched his body give way and create a rock avalanche.

The people stopped fighting long enough to see the stone man’s destruction. Those that weren’t buried beneath him broke into a thousand pieces as well.
I don't know what compelled me to write this.
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DoveAngel8's avatar
0.0 wow.

it was inspired (by what i can't attest) but WOW

maybe you can only write prose under inspiration?

Please Publish this!

yes it's open ended that is what makes it Great!