Terry Brown

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“The Crying Clown” by Terry Brown

Submitted to Contest #104

I am stranded in the grass. Seize a dandelion stem, sweetly rip it from the earth. Roots spring forth, bleeding dirt.  “Anderson, I thought you’d died in that house!”  I clench my teeth in a baggy grin, push up against my cane. “Mrs. Sanchez,” I bellow. I notice with pleasure the pattern of blue ducks on her scrubs.  “Catch Addie!”  Startled, I see a small girl, swinging pig tails and flip flops flap wildly as she pedals furiously past me. A man pursues, bare feet trailing wet kisses on the sidewalk as water gushe...

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