Dolly Joyce

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“The Puzzle in the Mirror” by Dolly Joyce

Submitted to Contest #224

"I can't sleep", I yell out loud to an empty bed in darkness. I'm tired, quite literally I am exhausted. The last few weeks I have felt more drained than a dozen pipes being snaked by a dozen plumbers.It isn't easy to watch your father die slowly.The man who once built buildings and started working at the tender age of 13, is losing a battle that is slowly leaving little cracks in his foundation. Cracks that no amount of plaster or elbow grease can fix.As I lie in bed, feeling the heaviness of my sadness, I see his fa...

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