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Weekly Contest #341
The bathwater has gone tepid by the time I notice I’m shivering. I haven’t moved. The glass of white wine rests on the edge of the tub, sweating onto the tile like it’s been working harder than I have all day. Upstairs, the kids are finally asleep—teeth brushed, stories read, questions answered twice, because bedtime always brings out emergencies. I can still hear the echo of their laughter from earlier, bright and sharp, the kind that makes you believe you’re doing something right. Dinner is still sitting in my head. Not the food, but his f...
Weekly Contest #340
I am placed where truth lingers the longest. Not because it is brave enough to stay, but because it has nowhere else to go. Each morning, she stands before me and arranges herself into something acceptable. Shoulders back. Chin lifted. A face practiced enough to pass. I know the versions she does not keep. I know the pauses between breaths when the room is still and she forgets to perform. I know the way her eyes soften when she thinks no one is watching, and harden again the moment she remembers me. She believes I only return what I am giv...
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