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Paper Airplane

October 15, 2015 4 Comments

Paper Airplane

By Richard Edenfield

This is a paper airplane.

You have to fold it in your eyes. Each crease like a sentence across paper.

First, in half; the story must have an airstrip to start.

Then fold the corners giving it direction.

You must have wings, so you fold the edges back at an angle.

It’s like tying a tie that the sky will wear with formal literary enthusiasm.

And your eyes must be blue to fully enjoy this story.

Now, throw this across your imagination and watch it glide as it dips and swirls in light and it only lands when you stop…

reading.

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Comments

  1. Christina Butcher says

    October 15, 2015 at 9:37 am

    there’s some real zen beauty in this story. i love it, thank you for sharing

    Reply
    • Richard Edenfield says

      October 15, 2015 at 4:28 pm

      Thank you.

      Reply
  2. Barry O'Farrell says

    October 15, 2015 at 7:47 pm

    Like this a lot. Good and different.

    Reply
    • Richard Edenfield says

      October 16, 2015 at 5:24 am

      Thanks for taking time to comment.

      Reply

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