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Broken Record

My brother’s like a broken record.  He tells me about how we used to bike around the neighborhood pretending we were race car drivers, and how we’d gained multiple knee scrapes from turning the curb too fast. He’ll tell me this story twice, thrice, or even four times in a row, and laugh about the good ol’ days. I laugh with him, because though he doesn’t remember that he’s already told me this story for the fourth time in a row, he does remember the fun we had. My brother’s like a broken record, but I don’t mind one bit.

The Clay Dragon


I put the clay dragon on the passenger seat. My car screeched as I sped out of the thrift store’s parking lot. 

I gotta relax. It’s not like I stole the knickknack. I paid for what it was worth. It definitely wasn’t worth twenty bucks, but it was worth five.

When I came to a stoplight, hot air singed my neck. Smoke burned my eyes and stung my lungs.

“I wasn’t worth twenty bucks to you, so you switched the tags?” a voice growled. Claws dug into my shoulders. “Well guess what? Your life’s not worth a penny to me.”


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