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Carousel Horses By Ana Neu “Look mummy!”, she squealed, jumping in her little, pink boots. It started to rain. The mist begun to cover the circus in a sheen of glary light, licking the steel railings surrounding the park. The air smelt of soggy popcorn, caramel, and rain. I looked down to the little girl. I am not your mother. It’s what I always wanted to say, every single night. Every single time she pointed as she did now, her little fingers stretching to the merry-go-round as if she could pick it up and plunk it before her, like a t...
Blooming Boy By Ana Neu “Why did you kiss her?”. My voice was smaller than I wanted it to be. Like a child’s. Always like a little child. He was leaning on the edge of the kitchen counter. The half-filled red, plastic cups lined the bench on either side of him. Some toppled. Some crushed. His light hair had fallen into his eyes, casting the planes of his face in wisps of shadow. I saw him stiffen. He was silent and still. And for a long moment I thought he had stopped breathing. But he shifted his feet on the floor, sticky with spit and ...
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