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Submitted to Contest #219
My stomach groans with hunger and my bladder is full to the point of discomfort but I deny these things. I have decided they are not important. Instead I sit straight and attentive, my eyes attuned to the screens in front of me. “She’s good at her job,” I want my higher-ups to remark. “No, she’s great at her job,” I want someone even higher up to say, and for them to nod their head as a single unit, one giant approval. It’s my first week of employment at Bodham’s Prison for Women and as a woman myself, I’m well aware I’m assumed to b...
Submitted to Contest #139
“What? There’s no way.” I pull away from the wall and look at him incredulously. “See for yourself,” he replies, covering a laugh with the back of his hand, the one that holds the pen. I turn to analyze the marks on the doorframe. The newest marker of my height is, in fact, lower than its predecessor. “I did not SHRINK,” I say shrilly, turning back to him. His eyes are closed with mirth, and I allow myself a small smile. “I am twenty-seven years old! Not eighty! This is absurd. I was probably wearing shoes last time and made a ...
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