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Alessandra Calderin

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2020

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Sunday in the Park with Existential Meltdowns

Submitted to Contest #35

Sunset looks nice tonight. Cotton candy vibes. I can groove to this. So weird how when you walk into a park it’s like another ecosystem. The air feels cooler, cleaner. Kind of… moist. Thanks, plants. You rock. The bees are deep in those flowers. Okay, girl. Get it. I know you want it. But like also relax. I can’t believe I used to be afraid of you cute little, okay no. Not that close, I am not a flower. You are so cute and furry though. Oh my god a butterfly. Hello, beautiful. Do you know that you’re beautiful? Do you even car...

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Sad Girl Screams for Ice Cream

Submitted to Contest #31

It takes every ounce of will in me to yank myself off the fluffy cushioning of the couch. A couch that I inherited from an ex boyfriend. An ex boyfriend who lived here. Who just moved out. Whose ghost still haunts the edges of our— I mean, *my* bed. Whose roast chicken fed me and handiwork set up the fairy lights that twinkle around our— I mean, *my* bay windows. Change takes some getting used to. The room shifts as tiny lights dance in the corners of my eyes. My body slouched for too long. Or I propelled myself vertical too quickly. Or both...

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