Waves, Dashes, and Sprints

I've been doing NaNoWriMo since 2007, but I've started something new to help with my writing. In a writing group I'm a member of, we do Waves (aka Dashes, Sprints, other things) - we're given a word or phrase, and have to write on it for 20 minutes. We can write anything we want, fiction, non-fiction, in prose or in poetry, as we wish, so long as it has been inspired by the prompt. I've been doing this since December 3, 2011, and now I'm going to be posting these, under the "Waves" category.

Please note, these are not edited, I am posting them exactly as they appeared at the end of the twenty minute time limit.