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Submitted to Contest #290
"I don't want to waste your or my time, so I will get to the point. Are you dating with the intent to marry?" She had said that to the last few folks who sat in front of her. So, I was prepared for the question, unlike the others before me. This event, one my buddy talked me into attending, was like musical chairs for singles. All black ties and slim dresses, pretty candles on ornate tables. The thing was, some folks pulled the tab for sitting at tables while the others pulled for leapfrogging to a few different ones as they saw fit. I was a...
Submitted to Contest #289
[Warning Note: Elements of poor mental health, cursing, and self-harm.]Dinner doesn’t taste the same as it used to.The mashed potatoes feel more like wet sand, and the steamed green beans like anchovies.You’re sitting at a table with four other people, and yet, you might as well be alone.The dining room light feels incredibly bright, and the darkness it fends off, immensely pitch. Shadows stark, table ashen, body cold. The scabs on your back itch, and you want to pick them off to eat yourself again. Your dead skin tastes better than anything...
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