Tag: Newtown
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He Had No Speaking Lines
He could not escape the feeling that he had often heard described by actors: that he was merely a character in a movie in which everybody else was starring. He had no speaking lines. The camera never focused on him. He was the unpaid extra in the back of the shot; the actor whose facial […]
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Reality Crept Into Her Psyche
Dreaming of X caused her trouble. She would awake to a kind of altered reality in which they were together not here, but in a very familiar version of here. X was gone – maybe off to work – but their paths would cross soon enough. Her manner of speech would change to suit this […]
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Her Jeans
It was hot enough outside that all I could think about was taking off her jeans. MY jeans! … my jeans.
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Nostalgic For A Place I Have Never Been
The signal changes but I’m not on board. The train moves ever forward but I remain standing. At the end of the line friends will meet at a cafe and enjoy the breeze that always rolls through the suburb at four o’clock but the air here is still. They will reminisce about other afternoons spent […]
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The Tires Were No Longer Humming
She had only noticed how little light there was inside the car when two headlights appeared down the road and illuminated the entire front seat. Stray beams of light made it all the way to where she was strapped into the back seat. “Look at this clown,” her dad said. She looked around but didn’t […]