Michael Fitzpatrick

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“Liz and Socks” by Michael Fitzpatrick

Submitted to Contest #60

When I woke up, Liz was curled into me and was clutching my arm for all it was worth. But she always did that. She was really soft and warm, and I really liked it, but I had to piss so I gently tugged my arm free and sat up. I slipped my feet into my boot-boots. I called them that because they didn’t match. I got the left one from a Macy’s in Cincinnati, the one at the Tri-County Mall, and the other from a thrift store outside of Chicago. I think it was a St. Vincent De Paul in Kankakee. The Macy’s boot used to be part of a pair, but I lost ...

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There is a unique place inside each of us that defines who we are, our message to the world that "I Am Here". In the life of man, trials may come, burdens may fall upon us, loves may be won and lost. These are all the colors that illustrate the soul. In the midst of a life change, in the arms of torment, I write.