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Submitted to Contest #55
‘’Hey, can you keep a secret?’’ she says a smirk on her face, her legs swinging back and forth through the air. We’re sitting on the ledge of the old tree house my dad built for me when I was seven. It’s not much of a tree house, it's like ten feet off the ground and more of a platform in a tree, no walls or anything . But with the sunsetting and the full summer branches blocking out the view of the house, it feels like the most secluded place in the world. ‘’Uh yeah, sure...definitely.’’ I stammer. I still haven't completely gotten...
Submitted to Contest #44
‘’Ma, I love you, I'm sorry. I need to do this, you know I do.’’ She ducks out of the tent without saying a word. Her bony back showing from the top of her stained tank top. I watch her through the flap as she walks away, her spider vein legs covered in bruises and scars from the million needles she’s seen in her day. Her matted red hair stagnant in the air, molded into an unmoving clump of filth. I could have better than this. We both know it. I’ve got time left to live and a ticket to rehab, any mother in the world other than her would be ...
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