Photo by Fernando Rodrigues on Unsplash by Sarp Sozdinler Mom groans and turns in her sleep. She mumbles some half-formed words in the cave of her mouth. Her mother tongue balloons out of
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by thiszsabir: Pexels.com by Sharon Wahl He promised me everything. I hesitated before replying, and while I thought about what I wanted, really wanted, I realized he’d said everything, while most men
Photo by Mak on Unsplash by Faye Rapoport DesPres At Carcassonne we bought cheese and baguettes and stuffed them into our backpacks. We’d arrived overnight on a Paris train, weary from sleeping in
Photo by Alireza heidarpour on Unsplash by Lina Lau We forge our parents’ signatures and place fistfuls of change on the counter in exchange for Du Maurier Lights, and the storeowner raises an
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