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Leaving Behind

Sometimes she breathes as though it doesn’t matter; as though the sun will always rise and she will be here to witness it. Sometimes she breathes and feels her lungs expand like a child giving life to a balloon. Most days, though, she is dizzy with regret and dead possibilities; lightheaded with thoughts that refuse […]

Imaginary Friend – Fragment #83

By This Is the Way It Is November 30, 2017 Leave a comment

Tony, the alligator, sat in bedazzled rhinestone splendor on the swing beside her. The swing set was a birthday present – her birthday being in February necessitated waiting until spring when the snow had melted before her father spent half a Sunday afternoon putting it together. The poles that formed the frame were a bright […]