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“I look at the sky recalling” by Sasha at her desk
Wednesday July 23, 2014 11:52am 5 minutes A Memory Returns Bobby Ferguson I look at the sky recalling Jem’s face, beside mine, sharing one pillow like two chickens in the coop. His eyes are like the...
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“Castorland Puzzle” By Julia at her desk
Monday October 6,2014 1:26am 5 minutes from the Castorland Puzzle box Ok Go. You have. Yeah. Two. Two minutes. So what? Seriously. Do it. Do it. What? Do it! Ok. OKAY. Full words only. I will try. I...
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“please take my advice” by Sasha on the 99 Bus
Wednesday October 8, 2014 5:56pm 5 minutes from a man’s t-shirt The tree outside my house is on fire Yellow Red Glowing sunshine and change The squirrel followed me here This new (not so new) place...
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“clearly in the context of the show” by Sasha at her kitchen table
Monday November 3, 2014 11:26pm 5 minutes from an e-mail He’s there. He’s there. I run up the stairs of the porch and I remember that my Mom has writing group tonight, she’s across the city in High...
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“Bitch better have my money” by Julia in a taxi
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 3:21pm 5 minutes Better Have My Money Rihanna Went to the mailbox today. Noticed all my letters were soaked right through. Holes. I chalk it up to holes. I expect this shitbox...
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“Canada’s Indigenous communities” by Julia at her desk
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 3:34pm 5 minutes An email from The David Suzuki Foundation If you felt around the little one’s head, you’d notice it has bumps ranging in sizez all over. You’d have to finger...
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“You wanna build another house?!” By Julia at her desk
Tuesday December 8, 2015 11:46pm 5 minutes overheard at Arbutus Coffee I can’t move in with you anymore, Kev, it’s not going to work for me. What do you mean, we just signed the lease, both our names...
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“You wanna build another house?!” By Sasha on her couch
Tuesday December 8, 2015 11:49pm 5 minutes overheard at Arbutus Coffee I want to love you wide open an avocado pit in your centre that leaps out of my hand I want to love you until you’re spread thick...
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“starting in the same spot” by Sasha on the 16
Wednesday,January 20, 2016 5:39pm 5 minutes Overheard at Arbutus Coffee I can hear your voice through the floorboards, rattling the light fixture that hangs above the kitchen table ever so slightly....
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“We heard you loud and clear” by Julia in her bed
Saturday January 21, 2017 12:13am 5 minutes from a text I grew up in a cornfield Nonna aproned in the backyard Picking dandelions for supper Knew all the kids on my block and sold drawings for pennies...
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“There is a pay parking garage” by Julia in her bed
Friday March 10, 2017 7:40pm 5 minutes from an email The other day I gathered up my courage in a ball and I threw it as far as I could. I had to see how far it would land. I was aiming for the open...
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“they fought amongst themselves” by Julia at her desk
Wednesday May 10, 2017 9:42pm 5 minutes True Confessions Of Adrian Albert Mole Sue Townsend It took a long time for us to go back and visit the pussy willow tree overgrowing the back deck so much they...
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“I lied all the time” by Julia at her desk
Thursday May 11, 2017 10:04pm 5 minutes from a quote by Louis C.K Sunbeams of The Sun (May 2017 issue) five years old, Nonna visits, leaves her face creams tubed in the upstairs bathroom curious, five...
View Article“Flying Housewife” by Julia on the 4
Saturday April 28, 2018 10:58pm 5 minutes www.independent.co.uk She has wings Her hands know how to flutter at the end of her arms Watch how she keeps herself up Watch how she treads the deepest air...
View Article“I call to ask my mother the name of the street” by Julia at her desk
Wednesday May 2, 2018 3:44pm Flight Idrissa Simmons I want to remember everything from that house before it gets lost The long staircase leading into the living room where I’d watch my parents watch TV...
View Article“It gave her a deep sinking feeling” by Julia on the couch at Alma Beach Manor
Friday July 13, 2018 9:27pm 5 minutes Cujo Stephen King She spent an hour reorganizing the spices. Rosemary in front, Chinese five spice in the back. Somehow she has more Chinese five spice than...
View Article“And we never talked about that.” by Julia on her couch
Friday August 31, 2018 11:38pm 5 minutes A Love Letter To Lost Sisters Hywel Tuscano we never talked about the way he mishandled me and the way I let him. we never talked about how it was weird he...
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Sunday September 30, 2018 4:43pm 5 minutes Waiting For My Rape Jessica Anya Blau My mother told us the prognosis over the phone as we lay in our bed your hand on my belly my hand on your heart The rain...
View Article“the woman’s anonymous appearance” by Julia at her desk
Sunday November 4, 2018 10:21pm 5 minutes Beauty Beheld Sara Harowitz She shivers from her shoulders down to her thighs crossed tightly feeling a little tremble forcing its way in He hasn’t noticed how...
View Article“She shook her head helplessly.” by Julia on Amanda’s couch
Thursday December 20, 2018 10:42pm 5 minutes Solaris Stanislaw Lem I don’t know why I can’t just leave him. I love him. Maybe I don’t. I have to love him don’t I? 30 years I’ve lived in that house, am...
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