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Submitted to Contest #205
When a body exhales its final breath its soul is dispelled, riding piggyback on the damp air. The soul is infinite but the body is only temporary. The soul thrives like a parasite on a fleshy host, it embeds itself deeply into every part. Inevitably the soul outlives its host, and time after time it is cast out into the cold, on a final breath. Each time it’s a wrench. Taking a soul from its body is like taking a newborn from the breast: it is a primitive pain. It wanders, meandering the landscape, in search of a new host. The soul always ca...
Submitted to Contest #204
The thought of Daniel makes my skin itch. It burns behind my eyes and clouds all my thoughts. There are days when the hate bleeds into all that I do. It makes me unable to parent, consumes all my compassion, and turns my energy to ash. On those days, I spend my evenings slumped on a shapeless sofa, like a warrior robbed of a battle they felt for sure they could win. He hurts my sister, always, and in new and creative ways. His greed and jealousy burn her skin every time he touches her. There have been seven years of Daniel, and I suspect at ...
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