<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Keele Creative Writing Society]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://keelecreativewriting.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[jb2005]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://keelecreativewriting.wordpress.com/author/jb2005/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The Lost Tale of Ronald&nbsp;Reagan]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><em>Written as part of a &#8216;dialogue&#8217; exercise at Creative Writing Society! The parts in brackets were removed as part of the exercise, but I&#8217;ve put them back in for the purposes of the story here! They don&#8217;t really change anything!<span style="line-height:16px;"><br />
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<p>&#8220;My life has been a constant toil of pain and darkness, I feel I have been used, abused and finally cast off. Unloved and unwanted.&#8221; The envelope sobbed.</p>
<p>&#8220;Argh, talking envelope!&#8221; screamed Davina, &#8220;What the fuck? How are you alive?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Would you calm down?&#8221; said the envelope, &#8220;You&#8217;re freaking me out!&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re a talking envelope, that&#8217;s weird and scary!&#8221; said Davina, &#8220;I&#8217;m going to set fire to you and burn you so you can&#8217;t talk to me anymore!&#8221; She began looking round for a lighter.</p>
<p>&#8220;Hello [I&#8217;m from the government and I&#8217;m here to help]!&#8221; said Ronald Reagan, bursting through the door!</p>
<p>&#8220;What the hell?&#8221; yelled the envelope.</p>
<p>&#8220;Talking envelope!&#8221; screamed Ronald Reagan.</p>
<p>&#8220;Shoot it!&#8221; said Davina</p>
<p>&#8220;With what?&#8221; asked Ronald Reagan.</p>
<p>&#8220;Your Ray Gun!&#8221; Davina said.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just a name&#8221; Ronald Reagan explained.</p>
<p>&#8220;Oh&#8230;&#8221; said Davina her voice trailing off.</p>
<p>&#8220;[I think you&#8217;re ignoring my feelings,&#8221; the envelope explained, &#8220;because whilst you are over there screaming and shouting and planning some sort of papery homicide, I&#8217;m over here with a broken envelope heart,] I&#8217;m hurt,&#8221; said the envelope.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8230;I don&#8217;t care&#8230;you&#8217;re just an envelope,&#8221; said Ronald Reagan, turning away.</p>
<p>&#8220;You love the en&#8230;&#8221; Davina began.</p>
<p>&#8220;It would never work,&#8221; said Reagan.</p>
<p>&#8220;What are you saying?&#8221; asked the envelope.</p>
<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re made of paper&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;What does that matter?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It matters ok!&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t take this anymore!&#8221; screamed Davina and she left.</p>
<p>&#8220;Now we&#8217;re alone,&#8221; said the envelope.</p>
<p>&#8220;I love you,&#8221; said Ronald Reagan.</p>
<p>&#8220;I love you too,&#8221; said the envelope.</p>
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