How I learned to play backgammon

My belly is too big. My legs are too big for the small girl I feel like inside. I can braid my long curly brown hair in fancy ways and use lots of rubber bands and thats a good thing because my mother is hopeless at hair stuff. My green cords are tight at the [...]

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Its wrapped in plastic

Thick and gray the sky casts little light on the morning. Wet leaves leave a shadow on the pavement after they have blown away. Sidewalk and sky  are the same color under my feet and above my head, Brief bits of seasonal music drift out of doorways as it shuts or after its opened and [...]

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Right before I open my eyes but before I am all the way awake

Right before I open my eyes but before I am all the way awake I can be whomever I want. I can pick a time in life and pretend that when I open my eyes I will be 14 years and 273 days and getting ready to go to 8th grade. I haven’t yet met [...]

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