“Paranoia, paranoia, everybody’s coming to get me…” The song blared through her headphones. As it turned out the most effect way to ignore the obvious signs of her boyfriend’s double life was to listen to songs that carried an ironic undertone. Anything with an aggressive baseline did the trick too. Magnolia’s head bopped as she…
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The Whirlwind
Grab a thong from the drawer. Not that one. Too frilly, too invasive. Jeans, pants, or leggings? Leggings. Can’t do yoga in jeans. Exhale. Raise your butt an inch off the ground. Squeeze all your muscles. Especially the glutes. Press down into your left foot. Squeeze the thighs. Lift your right left. Keep your thigh…
Soup & Salt
The tickle and been in her throat all day. She wasn’t sick and she hadn’t eaten anything that would cause her an allergic reaction, but she couldn’t shake it. Nothing had helped her – not tea, not water, no soft foods or crunchy cereal. At least twice an hour she forced out a cough just…
A Blueberry Muffin
It was hard enough to breath, let alone to do it calmly and with a degree of regulation. Yet that’s what was being demanded of Charles. Charles who had never raised his voice once in the course of his 30 years at the bank. Charles who had never slammed, threw, broke, or disrupted the quiet…
The Third Floor
Samuel walked up the backstair cases as quickly as he could without losing his breath. His office was on the eighth floor and as a rule of practice, Samuel tried to take the stairs at least three days a week. It sucked, but it made up for the late night delivery he and the rest…
Co-Workers
There was a storm a brewin, or at least that’s what it sounded like inside of Sandra’s head. Thoughts flashed back and forth. Her emotions soared and crashed. She was well aware that she was panicking, but she was far past the point of controlling it. She was locked into her seat, and there was…
A Not So Silent Night
His loud sounds needed to be silenced. There was only so much she could take. Aurora realized this was partially her fault. She was the one who had put him, and herself, in the situation. But she couldn’t take it anymore. Every time he howled, the sound pierced her body. It had become almost constant. Before she could sing or hum or talk just a little louder to drown him out. But now, it was just too damn much.
Saturday Overtime Can Ki.. SQUIRREL!!!
I waved, catching his attention and told him I was getting ready to head out when I heard this noise – it was something akin to a person fighting for their life, and people moving furniture in the condo upstairs.