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It wasn’t about the cat.
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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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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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Ancient Days
“In those days, in those distant days, in those ancient nights stories were told before there were things to tell stories about, Mom,” Sugar said over her shoulder as she walked out the door and slammed it. “I’m sick of your stories, you tell stories like all the damn time like I’m supposed to learn… Read more
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Free Falling
Falling no end in sightfrom heaven?to heaven?to Earth?to ocean?Where do we go when we drift across the skysomeone tell mesomeone sayI don’t want to be afraid to fallmaybe in love. Read more
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Broken Promises
Don’t know when I’ve been so very let downMy lips pressed tight right into a grimaceShould have known, didn’t want to show the frownFrustrated shake of the head, a red face.Tears, a bitter smile, a heavier sigh, I should have known better than to trust youSag against the wall, attempting to hideHands that hang, lifeless,… Read more
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It wasn’t about the cat.
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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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Test Day
It’s the little things that make mountains. Kaiden didn’t want to wear his headphones even though they were a requirement for the test. “I know how to read, why do I have to do this?” He was in the sixth grade, and his third grade reading scores indicated that headphones would be more helpful than…
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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…
Devonne Brown 