Daniel Cummings #vss365 host from Feb 1 - 14
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Daniel Cummings #vss365 host from Feb 1 - 14
@nathanbrazil.bsky.social
Dad. Husband. Love Vonnegut, Ellison and Park Chan-wook.
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Your #vss365 #prompt for Feb 11 is #touch

"There is some kiss we want with
our whole lives, the touch of
spirit on the body. Seawater
begs the pearl to break its shell.
and the lily, how passionately
it needs some wild darling!"

Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi

#11
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The Titania was a #tall starship with the #purpose of taking the rich to luxury holidays on Saturn. When the comet appeared they tried to #port around it, but inevitably they #touched. There was no discrimination amongst the survivors this time though. There were none

#vss365 #2wordprompt #vssmagic
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February 11, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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It took all of his effort to ignore the heat of her #touch. To not ease her away from him. To not draw her closer.
#vss365 #amwriting #romanticsuspense
February 11, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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#vss365 #touch

Connection
Sparks
Butterflies
Pain
Hurt
Agony
All depends on
The #touch
February 11, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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— Touch Death —

#poetry for #vss365 #prompt which is #touch

#EastCoastKin #AmWriting

P.S. I’m grieving a stranger’s death. Stranger ish.
February 11, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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“Does that bother you?”

“Just a #touch!”

“Yes, I suppose it was. Just? That means that you mustn’t really mind?”

“I was being sarcastic, you filthy old man! Now take that hand off my knee and keep it and the other one away from me for the rest of the journey.”

“Woah, touchy, aren’t we?”

#vss365
February 11, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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He felt out of #touch, and it was true, he had turned away from the endless background chatter that admittedly served no purpose. It made not a whit of difference who dominated the daily discourse, and that made him feel isolated. Till he found folk like himself, resuscitated and curious. #vss365
February 11, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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#vss365

how the paint changes the wall

atomised
propelled
carried

colours fired by fingers
touches the wall

intent inflames the conservatives
conservationists harangue the news

artists consider
messages and merits
teachers pause to posit

have they spelled that correctly
February 11, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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February 11, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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#vss365
A painting lives on the wall
it has lived here longer than I

It goes unnoticed
like a clock
with dead batteries

But today
the sun oversteps
pushing in uninvited
through a narrow seam

a ray of blind illumination
“Look” it commands

Rothko’s landscape
A #touch of blue
on an abstract horizon
February 11, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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my heart unguarded
when it comes to your soft #touch
weak for words of love

#vss365 #prompt for Feb 11 is #touch
February 11, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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Arthur sensed Neville’s hand on his. He didn’t know when Neville had #touched him, but now he felt its warmth. It was strange yet good. The heat of Neville’s skin spread up his arm towards his chest. He gulped. It wasn’t only the danger of the war that made him speak about his dad #vss365
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February 11, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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We all used to #touch the old oak “for luck.”
Illness, job worries, break-ups - we whispered them into its bark & let it hold what we couldn’t.

Until it couldn’t.

Old Ron was the last to touch it. He didn’t notice the crack.

Now he’s saddled with all our darkest fears. #vss365
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February 11, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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February 11, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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Cat and mouse
Playful touch
Tender gaze
a second too much

Blurred lines
After five
I search your eyes
for traffic light

Crash test dummy,
work wife
holding on
for dear life.

#vss365
#cubeyourenthusiasm
February 11, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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I wanted to touch the sky
But I failed
Moon was mocking me from high above
I broke its reflection
But it couldn't last
So I stayed on my land & wet grass
Thinking that maybe it can be enough
To feel content just where you are
#vss365 #touch
February 11, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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#vss365
"Don't #touch me!"
"Why not? Are you contagious?"
"Yes, but that's not the reason."
"What?"
"I don't like to be touched. And you put your grubby paws on everything like you own them."
"Oh, don't be dramatic," he said, reaching for me.

And that's when I shot him, your honor.
February 11, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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She envies them their instincts and desires, their base motivations, their hunger and their mess. Humans are simple: all orifices and gangly bits. Tonight, she wants a body like theirs and her own bits to touch and be touched. She wants to be bipedal and make some noise.

#vss365 (TOUCH) #erotica
February 11, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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A whack knocks me to the floor. I #touch my head
and look at my hand. It is covered with blood. The oldest cadet has struck me with a weight. Dizziness sets in, but I scramble to my feet and use telekinesis to rip the weight out of his hands and hurl it across the room.

#vss365
February 11, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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#7syllablesentence #balm
#vss365 #touch

his touch was a balm to some
February 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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Her arms were stiff, her body cold to the #touch. A faint hint of madness lingered behind otherwise lifeless eyes. No longer could I sense any vestiges of virtue or grace, corruption or guilt.

The chill pallor of her skin—

"Dear, please cease your morbid prodding and attend to the play."

#vss365
February 11, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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#vss365
#touch

She refused to use any social media
She might as well read an encyclopedia
She was so out of touch
She didn’t ponder much
She lived a life meant to be a comedia
February 11, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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I #touch the clouds with my feet
Kiss the Earth with my teeth
Tumbling
Tumbling
Somersault flying
This is not a drunk post
Though maybe I’m drunk on O2
This is just how I handle
A normal Wednesday Humpday
Dee Dee da da dum dum

#vss365 #poetry
February 11, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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Finding it touching
by sight, sound, taste and odour
And where the ghosts point

#touch
#vss365
February 11, 2026 at 6:25 PM