October 2010
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tucked away in the corner of town is my great uncle’s old house. he’d lived in it since the day he was born. he’s dead now; he was schizophrenic. my great aunt - his older sister - said he came back from the war like that. apparently he’d been fine before. anyway, he went particularly nuts one night and jumped out of a three story window thinking something was after him. a...
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he handed me a piece of yellow paper when he saw me. it’d been folded over so many times it looked ready to explode. on it he’d scribbled down the lyrics to you are my sunshine. i smiled.
years later, i came across it in a box at the back of my closet. i’d forgotten he was capable of such sweet things. i smiled again, dropped it in the trashcan. it was no longer something i...
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still sunny and bright out, all the clouds in the sky fluffy and white, rain started to pour: drops so thick and hard it almost felt like sleet. i dashed into a coffee shop i’d had no prior intention of visiting: i don’t drink coffee, or eat scones, or like to work on indefinitely incomplete novels in public.
i wiped my shoes on the large mat, letting the door clang loudly behind me,...
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i’m screaming, i didn’t realize it. he’s fucking me so hard it’s painful; i love it. “i’ve missed you” he groans, his voice resonating through me. i try to tell him that i missed him too but my voice cracks and i only manage a pitiful whimper. he laughs, lightly, squeezes my sides. “i’ve missed your pussy. so fucking tight. i’ve missed...