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Submitted to Contest #203
My head was resting on a pillow flatter than a failed souffle. I was wearing a county issued get-up that memory has erased all details of; I cannot recall the color, or if it was a two-piece combo or a jumpsuit. I had a small plastic cup of water wedged between said pillow and the metal bars of the frame that supported a rubber wrapped mattress. I had woken up in the Criminal Detention Center, or some such euphemism, to describe where I had slept on the worst night of my life. The incident that landed me in the hospitality o...
Submitted to Contest #202
There was a sign in the large recycling center in Upstate New York that read “Do not remove items from this area.” But I couldn’t resist a small Budda fountain that sat forlornly on the cement floor. I looked to my friend and said, “We’re taking Buddha.” She opened the liftgate and served as the lookout. I lovingly placed the abandoned god in her car, and we made our getaway. This is how it is when lifelong friends are together. We can keep each other warm and protected with the lifelong tapestry that s...
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