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Submitted to Contest #286
Lulu sat hard on the suitcase; she plunked her butt down over and over again, hoping it would help her squish the opening together, so she could zip around the corners. It squished things alright, but they kept edging themselves out through the sliver of space between the zipper teeth. She kept tucking and zipping, tucking and zipping, trying to get the damn suitcase to close. Like her life, the suitcase was full of stuff she didn’t want to give attention to or sort out or make fit, things she couldn’t do without. So here she was, determined...
Submitted to Contest #217
The double gate creeks as I push through the cold, black iron fencing. The sections groan inward toward the yard as I put my shoulder into them. The road I came from is mostly dirt now with crumbly blacktop mingled with tall, flowering weeds. Yellow. The color of Judy’s sheets when she was on her deathbed. I shake it off. The flowers are pretty, for weeds. I force the gate doors closed behind me to keep out the dread. It’s been two months now, and I am still not comfortable with being alone in this huge place. It’s oversized, and I keep ge...
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