Rob Walton

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“Boxes” by Rob Walton

Submitted to Contest #132

Boxes. Bubble-wrap. Tape. It's moving day for my family, a stressful transition many people don't ever have to experience. Doing it amidst a global pandemic is even worse. Fresh start, happy memories, different town, new friends. Why us? I watch my sister pack up her art collection--charcoals, sketchbooks, colored pencils, erasers. She is five years my junior and is distraught by the sudden uprooting. Her rage and sadness are prevalent in the way she shoves the treasures into her knapsack. She appraises our shared room with trepid...

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