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Weekly Contest #374
Secrets come in waves like death coming in threes. There's a pattern. When you can hold a secret, you get more. When you drop it on its head, secrets stop coming round. Ramona held secrets like candles with care and caution. Don’t breathe too hard or the flame might flicker. She held onto the secrets of the garden and told the bees her mind, so that they would trust her back. Ramona saw life in black and white. She was an extremist, using the yellow stripes of the bees as fuel for rage. She couldn’t see the color, or she didn't want to see ...
Weekly Contest #201
Mother On this occasion. The first Friday of the month of May. I conceived a baby girl. My baby was born into quicksand. I’ve always thought it would be relaxing. It’s very relaxing being stuck. In quicksand, in molasses, in my mind or even in yours. My baby girl will never be a bird, just like her father, and me, I never flew. Happy being stuck in your arms where it's safe. Trapped in gum, under the tide. The second my cord was cut I was thrown into the sky. “Put me back!!” I wailed to the midwife. “I'm scared, this air is choking me.” ...
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