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Just Sittin’
Sitting at my gate waiting to board for my flight back to Atlanta so I can pack up my belongings and have them shipped to California. There’s a chick nearby who opened a rectangular Tupperware that had 4 large hard boiled eggs. She took out a plastic spoon and scooped a whole egg and put…
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6 Years Old: The Gate Keeper
Papa entered the little girl’s room. Mama left with her head held down. Papa sat down on the little girl’s bed, one hand on her little body. PAPA: You all tucked in nice and good? The little girl smiled and nodded. GIRL: Yes, Papa. PAPA: Lemme show you something. He gently pulled back the sheets. …
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6 Years Old : Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!
The girl laughed as she ran after the chicken. She reached into her pocket for some more seed and flung it, her arm arcing in the air. The chickens scurried to find seed and pecked at the ground. GIRL: Cluck cluck cluck. Come eer. The girl circled her little hands around the breast of one…
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A Bump and A Ho
Another one. One in a million of these dates that I go on because I choose not to cook. But a girl’s gotta eat, capiche? Why fire up a stove when you can just swipe? The stepmother has forbade me from entering the premises of my childhood home, the bitch. She’s vacaying in Costa Rica.…
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Deadlines
I know how to meet deadlines. When something needs to be done, I accomplish it. I am never late for anything, never on time, always early. I am highly efficient. All because I am basically lazy and procrastinate at everything. I wake up early every morning to get to work before traffic gets bad. And…
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A Year of Anger
In exactly two weeks from today, it will be my husband’s one year death anniversary. In my culture, we would acknowledge his passing by paying respects to him by cooking his favorite dishes, setting up an altar with his photograph, lighting candles and incense while we speak to him. Only after the incense has extinguished…
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A Grieving Aurel
Poor Aurel was wrought with grief for his wife, Greta, who had died from black licorice overdose. He had spent all of their remaining money for her funeral. He had fashioned a beautiful coffin, just for her, because she had turned into a sphere and could not fit into a manufactured coffin. He steamed and…
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Ike
Auntie and nephew (fav) Rice, and meat and veggies Four-year-old, in highchair “Let’s peetend we’re in a bar” Hunnnhhhh? Lifts his apple juice in one hand Tilts the sippie cup and sucks “Let’s peetend I’m drinking beer” Auntie scratches her head, puzzled Chuckles silently, stomach cramping “Eat your dinner” Mom demands “Peetend I’m coming from…
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Erasure Poem
Original source from Google News A deadly heat wave in Western Europe has triggered intense wildfires, disrupted transportationand displaced thousands of people as the continent grapples with the impact of climate change. The record-breaking heat is forecast to grow more severe this week and has prompted concerns over infrastructure problems such as melting roads, widespread power outages and warped train tracks. Several areas in France have experienced record-breaking temperatures that approached orsurpassed 100 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the national weather forecaster. In Britain, where few…
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