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No Reason

Photo by Jacob Rank on Unsplash by Gary Fincke He asks his friend why he needs, after lunch, to fight Darryl K, the school record-holder for bench press,

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Under Glass

Photo by Kay Enn on Unsplash by Gary Fincke Once, discovering a crying child, a man knelt to ask that girl the lost-questions–her name and who had mislaid

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After The Death Of Sons

Photo by Vishal Yadav on Unsplash by Gary Fincke One son, eleven, had been fascinated by the intricacy of knots; the other, twelve, had loved the strokes of

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Remember How It Felt

Photo by Joshua Hoehne on Unsplash by Suaznne Hicks When you couldn’t get a dog so you kept crickets in a jar? You poked holes in the lid

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He’s A Bad Kisser

Photo by Christopher Campbell on Unsplash by Suzanne Hicks Teeth gnawing into my mouth, tongue licking the insides of my cheeks, slathering my lips with saliva. How does

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At Your New School

Photo by Andrew Neel on Unsplash by Suzanne Hicks You were reading during study period on the day they announced she’d died. A car didn’t see her crossing

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Spelling Eros

Photo by Freepix by Joanathan Cardew We gave each other words to spell. Sexy words like frangipane and assimilate, words with weird workings, woke words, wobbly

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