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  • Homecoming

    Homecoming

    The By-Blow Promise Land To every bird, their nest is perfect.  Wherever it has come to be built, it is their own. It is not for what it is, but the promise it holds inside of it. Its very nature, woven together by ingenuity and survival. It takes tremendous effort from the little creature to…

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  • Biscuits

    Biscuits

    From the Journal of Leticia Le-Rang-Par-Duex The fat you cook with makes a difference. You wonder why anything cooked with margarine and shortening tastes like the other side of goat’s hoof? It’s because it never lived a life. It never ran, saw others like itself. It never knew joy or suffered its own death. Life…

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  • Real Ugliness

    Real Ugliness

    The By-Blow Promise Land -Your future will have real ugly feet and white gleaming teeth. -Your future is at a crossroads of patience, floating in a flooded ditch. -Your future will lead you down the risen creek to their promised land. To a home to finally rest. The rhythm of the windshield wipers matched the…

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  • The Long Engagement

    The Long Engagement

    Polyphagia: An abnormally strong sensation of hunger or desire to eat often leading to or accompanied by overeating Klara said nothing, only looking at the dust covered card pinned to the refrigerator. The card read: We’re Engaged! 3.14.20** x Klara & Tarrance. Details to Follow. She looked at the sun-faded card and tried to remember…

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  • It Needs to Eat

    It Needs to Eat

    As my therapist would say “It all cannot be that bad”. A few weird positives from this year: 1. I created a cover for a short story, and the cover was shared far more times than the story was read. For those that read the story, it was well-received – but how will I ever…

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