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I seem to have defied logic.
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“We’re your cheering section, sent from Zeus to make you smile.”
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“We belong together, Cynthia. I’ll be gentle with you forever. I will keep you safe even in your dreams.”
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No time share was worth freezer burn…
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Finally, after all these years, the “Lionel and Berny,” an intimate bowl of a theatre would open.
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Not everyone dreams of living in a mansion with granite. Some of us dream of a house with an old stone wall.
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Hatred blooms bright in the human heart when dealing with a jerk of a cat on frigid wet ground.
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What?
What? What’s wrong with you? What’s wrong with you? Didn’t you hear me ask you first? What difference does that make? Are you going to answer me? Why wouldn’t I? What are you hiding? I’m not hiding anything? Aren’t you? How would you know? Why wouldn’t I know? Do you ever pay attention to me? Read more
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What I Know Is True
What do I know that’s true? I know that my family and money are important whether I like it or not. Even my sister and my brother, whom I rant and rave and write about all the time, even when I don’t like them, are all important to me. No one knows us like our Read more
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Cabbage Stuff
I got out the onions, cabbage, and Worcestershire sauce. I meant business. My day sucked and my socks were still wet. I’d made the decision in the car while the windshield wipers kept time to “I’ll Fly Away,” sung by Kanye West. The rapping, singing nut job of the music industry I loved to hate. Read more
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Panty hose: To wear or not to wear?
It’s been said that panty hose are making a comeback. For me, they’d never left. I felt undressed without panty hose on. I need that filter to hide the varicose veins, bruises, and stray hairs that cover my legs no matter how close I thought I shaved. They tend to offer a gentle shaping to Read more
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My Mother’s Ghost
When I open my mouth, I’m shocked that I hear my mother. I hear her voice, her words, but more than that, her attitude. I hear her cadence in my speech and the philosophy I bucked as a child and an adult. She drove me crazy with her notions of what I should and should Read more
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My Desperate Zoo
Mothers run a desperate zoo. That’s why we plant flowers. I have a flat and a half of red, fuschia, and orange impatiens on my back porch waiting to dot the ground with their hues. My mom planted flowers, her mom planted flowers, and that’s how she died, weeding her Touch-Me-Nots. Grounds beautification 101, we Read more
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I seem to have defied logic.
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“We’re your cheering section, sent from Zeus to make you smile.”
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“We belong together, Cynthia. I’ll be gentle with you forever. I will keep you safe even in your dreams.”
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No time share was worth freezer burn…
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Finally, after all these years, the “Lionel and Berny,” an intimate bowl of a theatre would open.
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Not everyone dreams of living in a mansion with granite. Some of us dream of a house with an old stone wall.
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Hatred blooms bright in the human heart when dealing with a jerk of a cat on frigid wet ground.
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Milk and Bread
What was I supposed to do, paint illustrations of ghost stories?
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Nobody is watching
Nobody is watching.
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Joys of Homeownership
“I know it’s not much, but I’ve been saving this for the apocalypse,” Traci dumped her bag on the dining room table. A ball of twine, a box of matches, a straight razor, scissors, a bottle of valium, and a loaded pistol. “This isn’t the apocalypse, the pipes are backed up. We have to call…
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Paris
Betty dreaded opening the package the mailman was about to deliver. She knew what it was when she watched him come up the street. She should just refuse to accept it, turn around and send it back right then. Return to sender. That would be the smart thing to do. She didn’t want to dredge…
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Ginger Tom
Geraldine didn’t appreciate that stray yellow cat that dropped her kitten at the front door. There it was though, eyes open, wobbly legged, barely weaned, and yellow as its mama. She thought of just sweeping it off the porch like trash. What else could it eat besides milk? Shit. She’d have to go to Walmart.…
Devonne Brown 