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On the phone I asked my mother how she was doing.
“I’m getting old,” she said. “Going slow. But getting there. I’m ninety-four!”
My mother was always 94, when she was really 93. I remember she was 93, right after she turned 92. And 92 when she was
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Patrick, who works on Pizzas, actually has a first class degree in astrophysics.
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He didn't want to read his father's statement. Yet still he lingered, poised over the kitchen table, where his father had left it.
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He was rummaging through his giant pile of clothing on the floor, looking for something to wear to sleep. When he couldn't quite tell what was dirty and what was clean, he knew it was time for laundry. Just as he was going to…
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Reluctantly, Meredith let Jeremy look over her shoulder at the pictures she was editing. She noticed that there was something in his eyes that disturbed her, but perhaps she was misreading him.
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The harsh lights of the 7th Ave. Local revealed dark circles that had remained hidden during Vivian’s performance.
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As the 5 train gained momentum away from Fulton Street, Helen took her seat with the alertness and suspicion of someone who had spent the day negotiating prices with dirty fishmongers.
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Now, he was here again, alone, drawn back by those memories.
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The Italian was late. She was supposed to come into the store, meet him in the back, and arrange to take the last of his liquor.
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My life isn't exactly what you'd call glamorous. Hell it's not even good. Not like that bathroom cabinet, getting cleaned every other day and handled like it's made of glass.No, my life is literally full of shit. They come, they sit, they shit. On the good days, I'm lucky…
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She was wearing a black tank top and jeans, standing in the shade. Why was she there again? The camera hanging around her wrist answered her question. Right, he had called. He had asked if she could take picture for him and his…
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Hernandez, the name, is not hers. It belongs to Carlos. She's been meaning to change back to her maiden name, Matsuoka, but she hasn't found the time. Sometimes Martha wonders if she's holding on to the name for the same reason she's holding on to the Kauai wedding…
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A casida in four parts... con magia negra.
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As I read mail after mail and deleted each one, I felt I was erasing two years of my life.
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Javier and I were seated on the old deck, listening to the river that felt like silence itself, when I found myself focusing on a single nail.
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