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After A While – Veronica A. Shoffstall

January 8, 2013May 4, 2020 Author

After A While After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul and you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning and company doesn’t always mean security. And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts and presents aren’t promises and you begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes ahead with the grace of…

The Buck – Susanna Rich

November 21, 2012August 8, 2020 Author

When I was ten, Grandmother told me to get her stuffed when she died like the buck head by the door catching webs of evil in his antlers. She was to be seated in the living room on the sofa (or chair, our choice), facing the piano where I would play Brahms, Liszt and Chopin. Her eyes were to be open (maybe a…