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Overseen
She had covered her desk in clean clothes, laid out a setting atop the cloth like a place mat, upon the place mat she had a single, huge Granny Smith apple. The apple she was slicing one wedge at a time. Each wedge she ate slowly, peel and all. When she was interrupted, she put aside her apple and her knife, looked up at the intruder and forced a -
Overheard
As the plump girl walked to the parking lot and the men watched her go, "I want to get some chunky love."
Then, later, the same man said, "She has a pretty smile." -
Overheard
"I was just playing around, then, I lost a dollar, so I had to step it up and play seriously." -
Overheard
"She was talking about being one of the guys. She was even packing her own cigarettes. We looked at one another. Yes, she was packing her own cigarettes, but she had the pack right side up." -
Overheard
And, he said, years ago, he said it, "I'm a happy drunk." -
The Land of Winkin, Blinkin and Nod
I'm not exactly positive, but I AM fairly certain that I am addicted to my dreams. Well, not the dead people (living dead or strangers dying), or not exactly the Apocalyptic Events that occurs in front of my very eyes, but the color, the houses, the detail. I owe awesome houses in those dreams and the houses contain the clutter of prior occupants ( Read more... ) -
Walk
We walked. The dog and I. Who knew alleys were so busy so early in the morning? Not me. Cool sights. A street sign on someone's garage. A car parked in the front yard. Half a dozen dogs racing their yard's fence line. Barking. Abandoned houses with abandoned pools. A huge, greedy blue jay. That coach house with empty windows, broken ( Read more... ) -
Overheard
"He sent me this picture of a cock with hearts tattooed around it. Who wants to see this crap." His voice was loud and his tone was disgusted. He began punching buttons on his cell phone ( Read more... ) -
Overheard
"Look at her," he says. And, he stands there with his friend and they are looking at the tall, brunette across the room, "She is so hot." He says the word as if it has two tts. "But the hotter the girl, the more attitude they've got." It goes unspoken that this woman isn't worth that trouble.
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Overheard
She is nervous as she speaks, she gives little jumps and her hands move, starting and stopping with a jerk. "Don't ever think, if you're a woman," she says, "that you're stronger than a man. Don't ever think that you can beat him up. Because if you keep pushing him, BAM, he'll treat you just as if you were a man."
"Is that what happened to you ( Read more... )