Author Archives: susan

72/100 aka 212/365

Posted on July 31, 2011 by susan

ALONE Word Count: 335 The man sitting alone at the table is clearly uncomfortable. He looks around, takes a sip of his coffee, puts the cup down, realigns the spoon with the saucer, picks up the cup, looks around. He … Continue reading →

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071/100 aka 211/365

Posted on July 30, 2011 by susan

PIECES Word Count: 250 I found one in the pocket of your denim shirt. The one you used to wear on Saturdays, flung on over just your tee shirt, relaxing on the porch. Writing sometimes, reading a book sometimes. Sometimes … Continue reading →

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070/100 aka 210/365

Posted on July 30, 2011 by susan

CLOUDS Word Count: 285 Puffs of clouds animate the blue blue sky. There is a bear chasing a ball, or maybe it’s a witch’s head. They spread as they drift towards me overhead. A mass becomes the four furies and … Continue reading →

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069/100 aka 209/365

Posted on July 30, 2011 by susan

GOLDEN EARRINGS Word Count: 346 I have at least one out of every pair of earrings I’ve ever owned since my ears were pierced at age ten and that includes the cheap one I hid in the bed of a … Continue reading →

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068/100 aka 208/365

Posted on July 29, 2011 by susan

FREEWRITING FOOD Word Count: 214 Sitting outside eating a bowl of kidneys watching the young twin deer I’ve seen five times today and I look up at the clouds and see Norm Peterson. Gotta say that I’d’ve preferred Magnum, P.I … Continue reading →

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67/100 aka 207/365

Posted on July 28, 2011 by susan

THE LITTLE BLACK DRESS Word Count: 360 The little black dress was bought for her first college dance. Mini-skirt short, rolling into and over the lush curves of her hips. Seductively low at the neck and thin little cap sleeves. … Continue reading →

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066/100 aka 206/365

Posted on July 27, 2011 by susan

QUIET Word Count: 314 Damn but it’s quiet and you’ve barely gone up the road to the corner. Why is it so quiet? I’ve been alone in our house before. You’ve kissed me goodbye and walked out the door hundreds … Continue reading →

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065/100 aka 205/365

Posted on July 27, 2011 by susan

PERSPECTIVE OF COLOR Word Count: 325 They could have been friends, the lady who liked blue and the one whose favorite color was yellow. They had a lot in common, a husband, two children, a love of gardening and a … Continue reading →

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064/100 aka 204/365

Posted on July 24, 2011 by susan

EYES Word Count: 82 With eyes like dinnerplate dahlias, years of all ever seen being petaled in layers, we find ourselves unable to close them. To rest. Eyes dull as moons. Craters of hurt in the pupils, rings of time … Continue reading →

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063/100 aka 203/365

Posted on July 22, 2011 by susan

SOMEWHERE SOMETIME (for John, with love) Word Count: 272 Today we thought we had lost you forever and our skin burned with tears, our eyes split open with pain. Then we looked closer and deeper, farther behind and ahead. Somewhere … Continue reading →

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