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Submitted to Contest #118
TRIGGER WARNING: Mentions of death and gun violence. Twelve hours. I wake up in a boy’s bed. The light from the sun hurts my eyes. I wish to bury myself in the boy’s wondrous sheets and sleep for a few hours more, but I know that his mother will wake soon and that I have much to do today. So, I rise and pick up my discarded undergarments and dress myself. The boy, of course, has not awoken. He is pale and still. I kiss him on his soft lips before departing through his window. I wander through the boy’s neighborhood for a short time. Th...
Submitted to Contest #41
The child’s cries were loud. Intense wails periodically overlapped with chocking sobs and topped off with wet sniffles. He cries because he is lost. An immense field of tall white grass stretches out and around him as far as he can see in any and all directions. Though there is no breeze that he can feel, the grass sways to and fro in such a way that it mimics the rhythmic rise and fall of ocean waves. He doesn’t remember how he got to such a strange place. Clouds hang heavy and grey overhead; though appear almost frozen in time. A stark con...
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