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Tag: bitter

“Beautiful Grief” by Jason Brightwell
Poetry

“Beautiful Grief” by Jason Brightwell

November 14, 2022January 21, 20230

You wore your grey fate perfectly—laughter, golden touch. It was a show,  of course. Even as tiny hope waved over private blue melancolia, it stirred up a sludge,lingering …

“Misplaced Affections” by Sinclaire Dickinson
Poetry

“Misplaced Affections” by Sinclaire Dickinson

August 26, 2022September 10, 20220

A golden retriever of a womanjust met and she’s practically sheddingin your lapshe steps away from packing heroverstuffed bagwell-meaning but not seeing boundaries that should …

“Ship Inside a Bottle” by Charles Rafferty
Fiction / Micro

“Ship Inside a Bottle” by Charles Rafferty

May 14, 2018January 15, 20220

     Her new boyfriend had a ship inside a bottle. You’d ask him how he got it in there, and he’d act like you …

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