Phil Huston

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“Something To Hang On To” by Phil Huston

Submitted to Contest #284

“Thank you darlin’.” Old Upjohn took the pie handoff from a waitress wearing a starched, pink and white pinstriped nurses’ cap and matching diner waitress skirt and blouse. He watched her retreat, brought his attention back to the pie. “Place is closin’, Lamar.”“This place? You sure? It’s been around longer than you.”“Don’t I know it.”“Maybe,” Lamar blew on his spoon of Jambalaya, “it’s so old they can’t keep it up to code.”“Don’t know about no damn code, but I sure ‘nuff know it’s a cryin’ shame. People got their lives mixed up in this plac...

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