So you’re the little smart ass from Poleglass.”I wanted to point out he sounded like Dr. Seuss but bit my lip and remembered the warning the old lady gave me.
The one thing I do remember is that as I retraced my steps through all the familiar streets of my life, Inow felt completely lost.
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Carolyn Mackler
My wishing star glowed slightly and winked back at me. I could almost hear its voice, tinkling like wind chimes and church bells, reassuring me that everything would return to normal.
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Erica Sehyun Song
I know that the future seems hard and scary, but it will get better, I promise. It's time for you to move on. Get going.
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Asper Blurry
And in this moment, I realize one reason it's so great to have a best friend is sometimes, like right now, Cal and I are thinking the very same thing.
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Kimberly Willis Holt
It seems like our town has closed down these days leading up to the funeral. Old people still sit on their porches and talk, but their conversations aren't sprinkled with laughter anymore. Since the new, little kids haven't played outside, as if their moms are...
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Kimberly Willis Holt
Wriggling around, two fingers deep in my back end like some teenage boy unsure what he should be tugging at inside his girlfriend’s nether region I wrestled a fifty free.
Propping up a seat at the bar we devour chicken wings like life does dreams
With the windows in his top of the range Audi firmly in place we slowly baked ourselves and chatted over why my hatred of golf was wrong, what made a good antihero and why Paul McCartney should just fuck off.
One way or another we’re taking your bank. All you have to do is decide the level of persuasion we need to apply.
