Jesse Cade

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“Slice of Life” by Jesse Cade

Submitted to Contest #226

The last slice of pumpkin pie called to David. It teased him, tempted him, until he could hardly bear the suffering. For several minutes now he had stood transfixed, his gaze beholding the soft decadence of the sweet filling that rested on a bed of warm crust, topped to perfection with a white bloom of whipped cream. And this wasn’t just any pumpkin pie. This was Aunt Rachel’s pumpkin pie. For David, who only saw his aunt during Thanksgiving, this dessert was as rare as common sense was in the federal government. It was a dessert worth dyin...

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Just chillin’ in Fukushima.