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Submitted to Contest #60
‘You know this thing where they say, “Hell isn’t a place, it’s this week”?’ he asks and I nod, looking around. One could never be too cautious, and needs to always have bouncy feet, be at the edge, a little extra than how one usually is. “Back in my times they call it ‘anxiety’”, Grandma told me once. “Well back in times before that they call it hysteria”, I had said. “Now it’s the normal. Deal with it.” “That’s not what hysteria meant”, she would shake her head in disdain, and I left. Now, I’ve trailed off of what he was talking, I realize ...
Submitted to Contest #45
“I. Have. Told. You. A. Gazillion. Times.” Maa marched towards him, splitting the word gazillion into syllables to harmonize with her every step. And by the time she stood behind him, she’d lost her breath and patience, so she didn’t split the words. “Don’t pluck off those petals!!” “But they’re just there!!” he closed his eyes without turning back. His mother was blocking the sun rays that were falling on his back. He was just there, plucking those flowers and their petals off. It’s not that he loved plucking off thos...
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