Lexi Harris

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“Sinkhole” by Lexi Harris

Submitted to Contest #259

I don’t know when the crack appeared in our living room floor, but I noticed it as I tidied up on a Tuesday evening. I shoved the coffee table into its rightful spot, its leg landed in a tear in the carpet, a fissure beneath. It wobbled in the unevenness until I repositioned it at an awkward angle. By Thursday morning, the crack had expanded into a sinkhole. It had already taken our loveseat and an end table, along with my knitting project and a stack of books my husband had set aside for his winter break from teaching. The couch teetered p...

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