Writing Contest: The Entries

Wow! There were three entries in the first round of my Writing Contest! We had two poems and a story!

I will post the entries here and place a poll for voting in my sidebar so that you may vote anonymously and well... so that you can vote for yourself! The cut off time for voting will show up under the "poll."
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Entry #1 Debbie

The Shoes

The maidservant made her way down the wide spiraling staircase with only a candlestick to illuminate each step. Knowing that her lady lay in bed in the throes of a delirious fever, it was urgent that she find the herbs that would bring her lady back to health. As she walked into the kitchen, she could hear rustling sounds coming from the pantry. Who could it be, she thought as she laid the candle on the table? Her master was away on business and would not be returning for another fortnight. Her heart raced when she saw a rubicund glow seeping through the gap at the bottom of the pantry door. Should she open the door? At this hour of night no one would be out. The only neighbor for miles around was that officious man who would tell her master how he should run the farm. Taking a step towards the door, the maidservant took a quick breath and opened the door. She gaped in horror when she saw a pair of men’s black patent leather shoes dancing in an eerie glow of light. She fled from the kitchen and back up the staircase with the shoes in pursuit. She could feel a tightening pain in her heart as she arrived at her lady’s side. They both lay there with their life slowing ticking away and with no one to come to their aid for miles away.

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Entry #2 Liz

Window view: a brief poem.

2 figures

close together, in rain-reflected candle light show

2 cheeks

turned together, warm, rubicund with wine and wind and music, their

2 silhouettes dance together, slowly entwined and curved and swirled in a backlit window, perfect in the brief and

2 fleeting moment together, as Time, the officious chaperone, steals away the flickering rain-splashing candle light kisses for himself.

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Entry #3 Joyce

He asked her to dance

she wanted to take a chance

It was dark except for the candle glowing

She was impressed with his officious bowing

He touched her hand,

kissed her lips

Saw her rubicund cheeks

grabbed her hips
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So...vote away everyone!!!!