Kris Parfitt

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“Arriving United” by Kris Parfitt

Submitted to Contest #93

"Donde esta Mama Faustina?" I ask shyly, as I buy a toy from the children selling hats and finger puppets. I speak just enough broken Spanish to confuse the locals, and I hope that my use of words for "where is?" is accepted. Pointing earnestly, the kids must have understood, for they eagerly guide me in the direction of a tinny-sounding parade. I was late joining the others in the courtyard and became disappointed to find my friends were no longer lingering. Feeling disconnected, I step through the doorway out to the road. I hear music tr...

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Kris Parfitt Travers lives in Seattle and is the founder of Story Launch Media, a story-writing and telling platform.