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Submitted to Contest #101
Aunt Rose was always eccentric. She pruned the flowers in her gardens with strong hands and was always wearing her brimmed gardening hat whenever I visited. She liked to enter competitions. Petunias and marigolds, mostly. She said they were easy flowers to grow but looked impressive if you took care of them long enough. Everyone knew it was her roses that she truly prized, but she never entered those into competitions. I tried helping her with the garden because that was the easiest way to earn her smiles and freshly squeezed lemonade, ...
Submitted to Contest #96
The woman drapes a blanket across my body like I am a dead thing. Rotting through her lounge and staining the pillows. The man’s voice is hushed when he speaks. Trying not to raise my corpse. They stare at each other when the mother returns to the kitchen, each cradling cups of coffee. It’s late. I watch them through half-raised eyes. I don’t want them to know that I am awake and watching. I want to see what the quiet hour reveals. My father and I quarrelled before I left for university. He wanted me to stay local. Living with the family...
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