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Submitted to Contest #272
I turn the corner, missing my reflection in the glass of the retail store but still staring, as if I can convince my pale skin to paint a shadow in the window; but even my reflection fears the person I’ve morphed into. Yet, I yearn to see a familiar face, even if it’s just my own. I’m not sure how the lines on my skin have set in, I don’t know if my new hair colour matches my lifeless complexion, I don’t know if my lips hold their pigmentation as they did when I was a teen; my identity has gotten lost in translation. I have not made eye-con...
Submitted to Contest #270
I creep out into my kitchen, rubbing the sleep from my eyes. The floorboards are cold beneath my feet and make little noises as I walk around my apartment; it makes me giggle to myself. My husband always said it reminded him of piano tiles. My eyes are still adjusting to the dark as I reach the fridge, the light illuminating the familiar sage green walls to my sides. I reach inside for my water purifier and turn around to set it on the island behind me, staring a little too long at the papers scattered across the surface. A reminder. I turn...
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