The graduation gown is puffed out like she swallowed a basketball. She didn’t even bother with make up, so the fact that she’s sweating isn’t a big deal. What’s the point? When your feet are swollen so much that you have to wear granny flats, and your pants are held up with an elastic band, nothing can makeContinue reading “HEARTBEAT (finale)”
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Heartbeat (part 2)
They wouldn’t let him go in with her. Not while they went over the details of the procedure. “Are you family?” the nurse asked. “No he’s not,” she said, emphatically. “I probably don’t want to hear how they do it anyway,” he thought. Still kind of felt wrong to sit out in the reception areaContinue reading “Heartbeat (part 2)”
Heartbeat
Her stomach is in knots. Hands shake uncontrollably. The chair feels deliberately uncomfortable. The air is at least a thousand degrees. She’s already shed her boyfriend’s flannel. She can’t take off anything else without being asked to leave, and this is the smallest health clinic in the smallest town in the state. Come Monday morningContinue reading “Heartbeat”
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