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3 a.m.
Go. Go. Go.
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Author Michele Bardsley
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Tiny Tales
Short Short Short Stories
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Author Michele Bardsley
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Separate Memories
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Author Michele Bardsley
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his song
the heart wants what the heart wants
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Author Michele Bardsley
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Fuck You, Princess
I hate my wife's Chihuahua.
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Author Michele Bardsley
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tiny, ugly things
what we hate about ourselves makes us beautiful
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Author Michele Bardsley
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let go
Blood streaks her face. Her hair whips in the wind. Terror fills her gaze.
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Author Michele Bardsley
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Guilt Eats Away at Me
The neon sign of the liquor store shines like the bright welcome of a church.
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Author Michele Bardsley
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Magicicada
I guess suffocation by bugs was too much Satan for even the truest believers.
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Author Michele Bardsley
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I Almost Choked to Death on His Words
They were shiny and sharp. Word-shaped blades.
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Author Michele Bardsley
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Watch Her
This is necessary. Don’t you want to be cured?
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Author Michele Bardsley
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Escape
I want to die in the muscled arms of Javier Bardem.
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Author Michele Bardsley
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