Shalini Nathan

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“Mr. Tickle Bones” by Shalini Nathan

Submitted to Contest #77

I traced a heart on the moisture condensed on the window and wrote the two words and eleven letters enmeshed in my heart: T.I.C.K.L.E B.O.N.E.S  The weather wasn’t getting any better and I was afraid I won’t be able to take Timothy to the Cemetery as promised. I sighed leaning on the window panel, head next to the heart I drew, I looked out at the snow drifts and ice caps covering the neighborhood, I must remind Mrs. Magnolia to notify the community to start digging out the snow once the storm passes. Things have never been ...

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I write because I can't afford to build a monument.