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Submitted to Contest #299
If we walk today, Celeste will get cold when we get closer to the beach. I must remember to bring a scarf for her. I learned that the blue scarf is a must. Celeste will want the royal blue plush scarf made by her best friend Stella. Little things like this are important to her.I’m sitting on a narrow piano bench next to her recliner as she dozes. It's not a comfortable seat but I must stay alert.Sipping my tea and half listening to the repetitive news on the television that is never off, volume lowered to barely audible, I check my phone for...
Submitted to Contest #234
The endless bing bing BING bing bing BING wakes me. I see her. I know she hears Puppy. I watch her connecting her hose to the front porch water spout. She is muttering under her breath. Same worn out construction boots. Same neon muscle shirt, same seasonally inappropriate cut off jeans. Everything is the same. The dangling cigarette. The emaciated frame. I nod off for a bit. Puppy startles me awake with his warning. His paws even hit the narrow glass panel surrounding the front door as she detaches her hose and sways back t...
Submitted to Contest #195
All is well is the message from the lilac bush on the hill. Gia bought it for me three years ago for Mother’s Day. My butterfly bush had bit the soil after a glorious summer of simultaneous blooms and butterflies, as well as the occasional frenzied hummingbird. I have lucious photographs to prove it. The whole bulk of stem just cracked apart and died. Gia couldn’t find a butterfly bush so the lilac seemed to her to be a suitable replacement. The lilac bush on the hill has yet to bloom. The small green leaves are vibra...
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