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So Many Clowns by Avitus B. Carle
October 18, 2022

You can imagine my disappointment, being stood up on a date surrounded by children, cotton candy, and parents drowning their misery in overly salted, buttered popcorn.

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Sugar, Baby by Avitus B. Carle
October 18, 2022

One time, she found an old spoon in my purse. I told her mommy likes to collect old spoons.

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It’s Good to Have You Back by Meg Pokrass
October 11, 2022

When I was sixteen, the year he went to prison, my lips were red and my cheeks sweet-smelling.

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A Song Comes On at a Party by J-T Kelly
October 4, 2022

This is the part of the song where you wish you knew something about music theory

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How to Capture Carbon by Cameron Walker
September 18, 2022

“Stop, stop!” they both say. Their voices are as hopeful as the words written on our flash cards. I do not stop.

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