V Lauria

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2022

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“Good Fence” by V Lauria

Submitted to Contest #234

The endless bing bing BING bing bing BING wakes me.   I see her. I know she hears Puppy. I watch her connecting her hose to the front porch water spout. She is muttering under her breath. Same worn out construction boots. Same neon muscle shirt, same seasonally inappropriate cut off jeans. Everything is the same. The dangling cigarette. The emaciated frame. I nod off for a bit. Puppy startles me awake with his warning. His paws even hit the narrow glass panel surrounding the front door as she detaches her hose and sways back t...

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“All is Well” by V Lauria

Submitted to Contest #195

All is well is the message from the lilac bush on the hill. Gia bought it for me three years ago for Mother’s Day.  My butterfly bush had bit the soil after a glorious summer of simultaneous blooms and butterflies, as well as the occasional frenzied hummingbird. I have lucious photographs to prove it.  The whole bulk of stem just cracked apart and died.  Gia couldn’t find a butterfly bush so the lilac seemed to her to be a suitable replacement.  The lilac bush on the hill has yet to bloom. The small green leaves are vibra...

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