Cristine Burke

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“Enough” by Cristine Burke

Submitted to Contest #270

“Dodge boys…we’re the Dodge boys!” Adeline wakes to the same annoyingly cheerful car jingle playing on the radio every morning at 7am. Why can’t her mother ever listen to a different station? Classic rock? Reggae? Hell, she’d even settle for smooth jazz at this point. She drags herself out of her warm bed, throws on a sweatshirt, slides into her beat-up Birkenstocks and trudges down the hallway toward the kitchen. As she enters, the overhead, fluorescent light casts a blinding glare in her half-opened eyes. Once fully awake, she su...

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