Clair Whitmer

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“A Christmas Carol, Recycled” by Clair Whitmer

Submitted to Contest #122

(Some strong language) Cornelia’s roommate had just gotten back from Trader Joe’s. Cornelia could hear the wheeze of the refrigerator door opening and closing, punctuated by cheerful slams of cupboard doors in an uneven rhythm, accompanied by the staccato and rustle of emptied paper bags being snapped through the air and then carefully folded and tossed into their place in the stack of paper bags under the sink.Cornelia’s roommate Sally was always careful to insist on paper bags at checkout and insisted again on preserving them for next time...

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I'm Clair. I don't know what I'm doing.