Kimora Hornbeak

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“Cries in the dark.” by Kimora Hornbeak

Submitted to Contest #232

My ‘ma has left me by the pile of logs. She said she wouldn’t be back — and at the time I only took it as a joke. She warned me not to leave, to keep the only light source we had burning. I had asked her many times what she’d do in the dark. “That’s grown folk’s business,” She said with her gruff voice. There was the same look of penitence on her face, one she’d carried for years on end. I asked again and again, receiving the same demeaning answer. By the time she trudged through the snow, I was already agitated. I just… can’t unde...

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