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Submitted to Contest #315
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEby Diane L. Goodman I am jolted awake by a squeeze. The squeezing has been happening for a few days, but it is getting harder and more frequent. It doesn’t hurt, but the walls of my little cell are closing in. As if it hadn’t been getting tighter and tighter in here already.I stretch both legs and arms as far as I can. I can touch all the walls of my cell now. I remember when I had so much room in here that I could do jumps and rolls back and forth. Now there isn’t enough room to play like that.I can still kick, though. I...
Submitted to Contest #314
PERCHANCE TO SLEEPBy Diane L. Goodman I can’t sleep. I open my eyes. Streetlights slither though the blinds, casting black shadows like prison bars across the pocked ceiling. The sheet under me is soaked with sweat. My skin is glowing. August in New York City. No air conditioning. Not for a rent-stabilized place on the Lower East Side. So an anemic fan cranks out a slow breeze across the foot of the bed. I glance over at my bed partner. Sweat glistens on his forehead, but it doesn’t seem to bother him. He’s peacefully asleep. I slide out of...
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