Cher Zimmerer

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“Fearful Symmetry” by Cher Zimmerer

Submitted to Contest #221

This is the afterlife? Disappointment runs through me like a cold breeze creeping under my jacket (maybe I just spooked myself). I am standing in my kitchen and imagined the afterlife to be cleaner. But all I see are coffee stains on the countertop and the fucking dishes in the fucking sink. My dear husband sprays bread crumbs onto the table and licks some from the corner of his mouth.  I cross my arms and think wow, yeah, this is paradise.  My happy-go-lucky husband smiles his ridiculous smile while he reads the paper.  ...

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