The fresh aroma of the dawn laundry detergent shot through my nose like a rocket that had just taken off to its mission; I felt as though I could quite literally taste the detergent, it was bursting through my sinuses. I rushed my cold fingertips through the clothes back and forth like a small wave in the ocean on a calm day. I heard the fabrics shuffle on there old wooden hangers which were makin...

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Lilah Crosby sat at her old roll top desk writing with her worn out red leather pen onto the crisp new pages of her matching notebook, She got this because she is a world traveler and influencer. Just last month she had traveled to Italy here were some of her writings “ As I walked through Venice I was in awe the air smelled like a delicious fresh sandwiches topped with meatball...

Card games are fun and something new,

But it gets old when the Uno reverse card skips you.

Twister is a tangled mess but you bond with your opponents,

Except when you injure yourself and have to get stents.

Beating some one at Risk when you conquer their last country is rewarding,

The one who gets their hopes snatched away has to say I will have my day to winning.

To get all the railroads in Mo...

I was 27 at the time of my accident it all started one evening at the hollow bridge of Evergreen. That was a little spot in the woods near my parents property that had a view of and old rotting bridge with beautiful moss growing atop it (in the midst of the forest we called the Evergreen). I was sitting there remembering all the good times I spent there soaking them up like a sponge then I heard a...

Charlemagne LittleField gazed at her wedding ring in awe thinking of her recent husband Roberto whom she had just married an hour before so there I sat staring at Roberto remembering all he had done to me “hey Charles can I talk to Roberto a few minutes alone” “sure thang buttercup” she said in her thick country accent ”So Roberto here we are” “it looks that way Margaret” “why did you do it why di...

1967 the good old days where I didn’t have to worry about being kidnapped walking to school by my self I could do whatever without questioning if I got home on time and everyone had this basic trust with everyone around you no matter how different now in 2021 there is an uncertainty or insecurity of new people or things I used to be a happy free man my name is Bernie Cluemann by the way but that’s...

Me and my little brother Nathan were always very close, we played together, talked together and told each other our dark secrets no one else knew but one day things changed I started hanging out with my girls Bella and Kelly and Nathan started playing video games and going over to his friends Zachary and Ethan so here we were on a family road trip not even knowing what to talk about hey Nat Nat wa...