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Jer Long

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Breathe

Weekly Contest #356

BREATHby Jer Long jer.long.author@gmail.com “Breathe. Just breathe,” Clark, my therapist instructed. My mind scattered that snowy afternoon; I focused on his wooden wristwatch. Its luminous green face shimmered like a ship chronometer as he guided his silver pen across the yellow note pad with my name on it. There was thirty minutes left of my session, but I was weary of talk. Each cell in my head spun in a different direction, making it impossible to focus on the present. Clark tapped his pen against his dimpled chin. “Moving hundreds o...

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My Southern Accent

MY SOUTHERN ACCENT By Jer Long “Get in the car Howard. For God’s sake, get in the car. I’m not discussing our problems in the street.” “Satisfied?” “Shut the door. Shut the door, Howard. Your nosey little friend Franny Funkhouser is making a beeline for the car. Is she tracking your cellphone? Too late, here she is, all five-foot-one inch of her, sideways. Roll the window down Howard. She’s scratching the glass with her Lee Press-Ons.” “Honestly Millie.” “Oh Franny! How’s it going? You look amazing in those clam-diggers. So sty...

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Funny, Isn't It

Weekly Contest #173

FUNNY, ISN’T IT By Jer Long “Funny,” I replied when my friend Stash asked me how it was going with my new beau. “Funny? It’s been nine months.” Sipping his deluxe caramel-mocha-pecan latte, he stared out the window of Caribou Cafe. “You’re hedging the ultimate question.” “I don’t honestly know!” I tossed my napkin at him. “You’re pissing me off.” Catching the eye of a cute ginger-haired man on the sidewalk outside, Stash flashed his deadliest smile, and the poor schmuck smacked into a mink-swathed bison of a woman. She teetered ...

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