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Submitted to Contest #331
My wine glass was empty again. That was the problem with drinking, I suppose. You drink and then, as if by magic, you’re met with the dregs from the bottom again. The problem is that the pain doesn’t lessen. You’re still alone in your house, waiting for them to come back. Waiting for them to call. Send up a flare. Anything. But they don’t. So you’re alone. Homer, the black and gray Maine Coon whose space I share, seems to take exception to my musing and flops his massive body on my lap. “The only man I need.” I kissed his fluffy head as he s...
Submitted to Contest #139
I never thought that I would be doing this. Throughout my childhood, Mother and I would set aside my favorite clothes, hoping they would one day be worn by my own daughter. The outfit I came home from the hospital in has grown faded from the bright yellow with pink flowers. My purple fifth birthday dress covered with ribbons and tulle is not quite as full after years of sitting in my keepers box. Countless shirts, dresses, and sweaters had sat collecting dust for years as James and I lost hope. Pinks, blues, yellows, an...
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