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Submitted to Contest #290
The smell of coffee and pastries is thick as I twiddle my thumbs at my usual table. Any other day, the delicious scent comforts me, but today, it’s the only thing distracting me as I wait. Facing the door, I see many faces enter and leave, enter and leave. Some are alone, some hand-in-hand trading glances and smiles with one another. An ache of longing, hollow and deep, echoes through my stomach, reminding me that I came through the door alone. And with the way things were going in my dating life, I would more than likely leave alone, too. G...
Submitted to Contest #287
CW: Substance Abuse, Mental HealthMy old TV bathed the living room in pale blue light as advertisements interrupted a particularly tense hand of the professional poker tournament.Not that I particularly cared for poker. I didn’t care for particularly anything these days. None the less, I made a game out of the commercials. Every time it was a commercial for a medicine, a lawyer, or a politician, I took a drink. When the poker tournament came back, there was one swig left in my bottle.My leg bounced and skin crawled, anxiety and loneliness cr...
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