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Submitted to Contest #283
A bouquet of rotting wildflowers sits stiffly on the windowsill. Rigor Mortis has set in. To merely touch the dried leaves would be like taking a hammer to glass or tapping a fingernail against a pyramid of playing cards. Helen, feeling cool from the open window, wraps an afghan snugly across her body. Granny made this. The cacophony of patrons exiting a restaurant from the street below interrupts Helen’s thoughts. She stares blankly outside, barely cognizant of the maple leaves flying effortlessly in the air and splotching the clear blue sk...
Submitted to Contest #280
What’ll it be today Doris, the edges or the insides? I think I’ll do the edges if that’s alright. Sure. So, what did you have for breakfast this morning? Oatmeal again. The cook is still out with the flu and I don’t like the eggs that the new guy makes. Too mushy. Cook’s been out sick for nearly two weeks now ain’t he? Yeah. And you should see his country fried steak. Horrible! So tough you can’t hardly eat it. He don’t know how to beat it and make it tender. Ain’t got the good sense God gave a goose. ...
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