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Just Like You Were

She’s all knives of fire just like you were. She’s all rage and hatred and love just like you were. In this place, this version of us that never existed, you never knew her face, but she was a beauty, … Continue reading

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Bleeding Out

First cut, to bite deep into the bracelets of fortune; second cut, to lay open the fault lines; third cut, to make it like a hat trick. How many times must I show you the insides of everything I have … Continue reading

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In The Garden

Drastically out of place, she sat herself down on a small board laid over the raised garden bed. The sun beat down in a way it never did in the place she’d grown to call home, and she closed her … Continue reading

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Beatdown

The sound of punches landing had begun as a series of dry thuds but were turning into a barrage of wet smacks. The woman on the receiving end hung at the end of the assailant’s fist, limp, and laughing, blood … Continue reading

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Can you still feel me?

You’re not wearing that ring anymore. You had one on a chain; it laid between your breasts — for awhile when I saw you, I had a strange vision of you as Frodo, but your hair’s the wrong color. And … Continue reading

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