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Reflecting Back, again – flash fiction

I touched the roughen ridge around my eye for the tenth time in the same amount of minutes. I put my hand underneath my butt to stop myself from that repetitive motion. I am afraid I will turn into my old golden lab who licked his paw raw as the thunder storm occurred overhead. IContinue reading “Reflecting Back, again – flash fiction”

JUST A GUN

I am just a gun. Yes, just like any other gun. And I’m laying here on the school ground steps. I am just a gun Yes, better than any other gun. I can be bought by any 18yr old And any good guy with a gun. You don’t need training to learn to shoot meContinue reading “JUST A GUN”

Introducing Myself (as Citizen)

I have been obsessed, involved, connected to myself as an American Citizen since I was a child in the fifties and sixties. This was when our milk came in glass gallon bottles with paper caps inserted with Presidents’ names and faces or with states’ capitals. My younger brothers and I memorized them over our bowlsContinue reading “Introducing Myself (as Citizen)”

Introduction

Today I am jumping off the cliff, the cliff of self protection. Once you lose your spouse you go through many changes. You are very unsure of yourself and who you are anymore. This is also true if you have been a caregiver of anyone through their last journey of illness. Your life revolved solelyContinue reading “Introduction”