Lauren Bird

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

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“Samia and I Go For Lunch” by Lauren Bird

Submitted to Contest #186

“I like her shirt!” Oh shut up Samia, why no substance? Fuck a shirt. Look at me like I’m a real person beside you cause I’m a real person beside you. Sigh, I wanna say to the penny, on the counter, that I’m jealous. I wanna say Samia take another sip of coffee! We both know there’s nothing even left in that mug you phony baloney! Blameless is the penny. I bet the penny’s never had a deadline creep up on him like the slimy hand of a great uncle at his mother’s wake. Never had to reflect on his behavior at lunch. Never had to channel the devi...

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“Henry” by Lauren Bird

Submitted to Contest #185

I’m alive like a pirate, and god is a bird on my shoulder! Finally, I’ve accepted that this road must be traveled alone, like a doctor’s visit, like a dream you enter in your own mind.  [2 HOURS PRIOR] In the sunlight the door looked almost white, not the lavender it was described as in the email. It reminded me of the first place I had in Eastie with Marina. The two toned purple duplex, with the purple trim and steps that led to –  “Welcome! come in, in!” A woman, probably mid fifties, swung the door, and held it open with...

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