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Submitted to Contest #239
He had never noticed the painting on the wall of the bar before. This was only his third time here, but still, it seemed liked something he would notice. It was framed in one of the those cheap poster frames from Wal-mart. He knew because he had several in his own home, protecting movie posters that weren’t valuable to most people, but were valuable to him. It felt strange that something that was clearly a painting would be in a poster frame. The paiting was odd, in that it didn’t seem to be much of a painting. It was just black. But it was...
Submitted to Contest #99
An orange pre-dawn glow rims the horizon, slowly banishing the hazy periwinkle twilight. Soon driving this direction will be almost unbearable, the strong clear rays of the rising sun burrowing into my eyes. I choose to beat the sun, and slip a pair of square black sunglasses over my face. Vintage, $5, super cool. They make me feel like Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible, even though they don’t really look like his sunglasses at all. As my 14 year old brother would say, “Issa Vibe.” It’s a vibe I’m grateful for as the sun’s rays fi...
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