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In The Rain

It only happens once, if it happens, only once in every relationship, at the moment of ignition; when you both know it’s a thing…a thing that is starting RIGHT NOW. It can happen again but it will be with someone…

Lonely

Lonely is not in your head It’s in your gut If you’ve felt it you know . When the feeling in your stomach Makes you double over That’s loneliness . When the feeling in your stomach Makes you cry in…

Mystical Creatures

The bar was as noisy as ever and so we had to shout to be heard over the mayhem. A stale rock song blared over the questionable sound system. The Celtics and Lakers were playing on the TV up over…

Stone Cold

“Oh my god!!!” Everyone in the men’s restroom turned around and saw me, dazed, laying on the floor. But the cry of shock and come from the hallway outside; I had fallen just inside the doorway and the door still…

The Doctor Is On The Lift

I skied over to the bottom of the lift, timing my speed so that I could ski right past the “wait here” line and up to the loading line without stopping. Done right, you come to a smooth stop right…

Behind The Door

It’s just an ordinary door. I mean, there’s nothing weird about the door itself; it looks like every other cream colored, six panel, door in this twenty year old colonial style we call home. When you were little kids, it…

Riverwalk – Subtext Prompt

“I hope this is good, I mean, I heard it was. It’s been awhile so I want you to enjoy it” “You’re so sweet,” she squeezed his hand. He looked away from her, making believe he was checking out the…

Light and Dark

He was born into the light, Chris-Crafts and girls in white swim suits. That’s where he met her. In the light But she belonged in the dark, and she carried her own light like a creature from the deep. She…

Late…Again

Man writing at a desk. Fire burning in the background.

“MOM!!!! I swear we were going to be here on time. Early evening!” Shelly’s mother stared a hole in her. “Look, I know it’s hard to believe but I swear it’s true. It’s not fair! We left the movie early…

Daddy

Man writing at a desk. Fire burning in the background.

“Daddy”. He spun around instinctively, she had not called him that in a long time. Not since the divorce anyway. They’d gone without talking for a couple of years, and he was just glad to have the chance to meet…

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