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Prose Challenge of the Week #17: You are a superhero. Write a piece about your powers and how you’ve abused them. 50 words minimum, 250 words maximum. The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge
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Life In a Shoe Box
Chapter 6 of 7
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Vibha

Plane Gain

Life seems simple when I am just an aeroplane. 

It is easy to fly away from anything to anywhere. 

Now I would love being a Jumbo Jet, but yet,

To transfigure into a Sky Hawk is fun too.

Of course I am powerful, 

Any man who can transform into a plane would be!

But it is the human part I am not ABLE TO HANDLE.

I am a superhero of sorts, I can transport people to safety,

I can somersault in the air, I can nosedive and glide high,

It seems like I can touch the sky.

Such is the power, when I am an aeroplane,

But honestly for me there is only one gain,

I can fly away from being a human,

I can fly away from all my problems,

Selfish I am, you may say,

To abuse my powers in this way.

But did I not tell you, I am a human too.

And I crash more often as a man,

Than aeroplanes across the world do.

© CopyRight Vibha Lohani 2016

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