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Parked under a buzzing, stroked out streetlamp, I looked down the street. People moved slowly in the night, shadows slinking among shadows. The occasional cars’ headlights made them scuttle like roaches. Home. My limbs were heavy, the darkness inside me...
I’d spent the entire funeral avoiding her and now her incestual hands were around my mother.Standing with a plate of baked-from-scratch cinnamon rolls, Kara rubbed my mom’s back as she cried. The picture of poise, her blonde hair hung in...
The red light glared at me. I glared back. A faded blue sedan squeaked into the gas station on the corner, engine rattling as it parked. It shut off, the intersection quiet again. A man stepped out, limp-swaggered inside. The...
Few things liveIn this garden of Thirsting flowers Petals scattered Like headstonesAmong cracked,Disintegrated StemsShattered skeletonsOf tree branches Lying on powdered dirt Dogs may tear every limbTime may desecrate it all But warmth beats Below the surfaceStretches in the fingers of rootsCrackles into the dried veinsOf the forgotten And with...
Roxanne touched her lips as she stared into the bedroom mirror. It was as if the ghost of his kiss lingered through the nights between their dates. Each time he held back. Each time she pressed him harder. Talked dirtier....
The girl was gone.Rolling the plastic die in the crook of his hand, Jesse’s gaze rested on the cocoa skinned beauty tending bar in Roxanne’s absence. Her deltoids flexed as she shook the ice and liquid in the shaker. She...
It was in the massive white walls, track lighting, and spotless, glittering objects of Williams Sonoma that Henri’s world stopped. His eyes had caught on a crystal sconce perfect for the cozy, romantic eating area in the wine cellar of...