Soledad Alfaro-Allah

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2022

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“Cleanup” by Soledad Alfaro-Allah

Submitted to Contest #186

''When?'"Today""Today? Now?'"Yes. Now, today. Get in the truck""I'm eating. Give me a minute. You should've said it was today.""I didn't know it happened today, so we need to go now.""Now? Today, now? And you couldn't have called yesterday to tell me today?""Fuck you Tommy.""Stop smoking in my face will ya? You're ruining my breakfast. 'Now. Today.' Like I didn't have plans. You know, I do make plans. I like my free time.""Whatever. I told you it's today, so we're going today." "Now? Today?" "Today! Today, today, today! God! You're...

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“Reloj” by Soledad Alfaro-Allah

Submitted to Contest #161

Reloj “Can you afford that?” The calories, The pounds, The time, The money. The time The money The time The money The time The money The time The time I sit in the train station pew staring at the giant schedule board 4:00 4:30 4:45 Outbound, Uptown. Late, On time Red Green Red Green. Train fair: 3.75 one way. Selena worked over time last week and now Medicaid won’t cover it. Tip out should be at least $10 cash, and that’ll get me...

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