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Submitted to Contest #54
Something’s Amiss I really should check my Facebook postings more often. I found an attempt to reach me two years after it was written. There he was. My high school boyfriend wrote me a messenger friend request. Two years ago. Anything could happen in two years at our ages. That’s how busy I was. I never checked. When I finally saw the photo of a man kissing a cat, I said, “Ah, how cute.” Don’t think I haven’t thought about Hal. I left my home state of New Jersey thirty years ago but visited my siblings from time to time. My brother live...
Submitted to Contest #47
Suitcase in hand, you head to the station. The words replay in your head: “Mother isn’t feeling well again.” You heard the faraway voice say that on the other end of the telephone–faraway, as in disbelief or shock, and faraway, meaning several states away– north, a place where no palm trees live–Newark, New Jersey. “Please come visit her,” your sister said. “Okay. I’ll get on the next train up.” The two o’clock...
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