Sophia Cook

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“The Pantry Door” by Sophia Cook

Submitted to Contest #270

Mama always left the pantry light on, on account of the roaches. It didn’t help. When I wanted to make tuna salad for my little sister (with extra mayonnaise so there’d be enough for me too), I would open the pantry door and then cough a little bit before going in. I didn’t want to see the vermin scurrying across the tins of beans and boxes of biscuit mix. I’d grab a can of tuna fish from the mostly empty shelves and run out as quick as I could, slamming the louvered door behind as though it could keep the roaches in. If Mama had let the cat...

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