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Ribbons of Sound

Jackie Ward

Submitted to Contest #213

Mary’s blood felt thick in its quickened course under her skin, flushing the covered pulse points brightly. Her numbed hands brushed her interlocked forearms as she stared at the projection screen. It was only a kiss. The man and the woman on the stretched black and white screen were just two actors, playing out characters that now were leading up to share a kiss, as the director so wanted. It was all make-believe, so why was she the only one uncomfortable with the stinging lightning in her veins? Mary’s friends giggled pleasurably between t...

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