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Submitted to Contest #309
content warning: verbal abuse--- Wednesday “I’m starving. How much longer until this bus?” the man behind me says to no one in particular. There are eight of us at the bus stop, waiting (mostly) patiently in a morning that weighs grey and languid on our shoulders. It’s one of those summer mornings when you can feel the day’s incoming swelter and humidity, and you can already imagine your clothes sticking to you. Some people at the bus stop are in tees and shorts, others in rain jackets, tapping away on their phones in a trance. We eight don’...
Submitted to Contest #191
content warning: animal death --- “Next!” The checkout queue finally moves up one person. I click my phone screen on and off repeatedly, as if that will slow down the clock. There’s a floral-patterned box and a plush rabbit balanced in my other hand — I’m lucky that it’s mid-March and every seasonal aisle is filled with this stuff. But I promised my eight-year-old sister I’d be home by 3:45, and I’m not sure I’ll make it in time. The plan was to catch the bus after class and go straight home for the funeral, but when I headed out this ...
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