friendship

  • Had I But Known

    The waitress set a brimming tray of fresh tortillas, salsa, guacamole, and gobs of melted cheese. Penny cheered their appetizer and did a chair tango. “I mean she’s nice, really nice, but I don’t know. Maybe I’m making too much of it but I never met anyone who tells you their whole life story but

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  • Forty Elephants

    I wanted to drop the baby weight. I sipped my darjeeling and passed the small pound cakes to Mags. She reached out a delicate porcelain hand. “Pass it around you skinny bitch,” I said. Mags suck out her tongue. “It’s not my fault you’re a breeder.” Cramming a whole cake in her mouth, Mags batted

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  • Everybody Said So

    Carla combed her hair. Thick, warm blonde, and naturally wavy, it was her best feature. Everybody said so. Carla liked the feel of of the wide paddle brush raking through her hair. The stiff boar bristles scratched her scalp. Smooth, the bristles slide down until her ends. Then the brush would always tug. Carla would

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  • Study Hall

    I don’t remember when I first saw herProbably in the hallwaysMaybe in the cafeteriaOne pretty girl amongst pretty girlsPretty much the sameI remember when she saw meIn the library, study hall, second period Her eyes a little too big for her elfin face threw wideA cloud sailed away from the sun; I burned from her

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