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Au Revoir

1 Present Day It was the first Monday in weeks when I was not in office before ten. As I saw the frosted sundial of my old citizen ticking eleven thirty, I cursed myself for the umpteenth time for choosing that insurance company. I found out that the other companies did not require so many [...]

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Etta

Earlier chapters: The Rodeo Girl…the dance floor The Apartment Problem Glass Question Token The Little Girl Live Theatre with Etta Etta Has Flown the Coop Face to Face Choosing In Retrospect… Yes Etta and the Card The last three chapters: Part I Etta and the Lie Etta had just moved in with Jeffery when the [...]

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Fourth of July

July Fourth Marching bands Um pa pa. Kids on bikes Ooh la la. Fire engines clanging Oh ma ma. Politicians waving Playing the crowd. Sweating marchers Puffing aloud. Is this what it is All about? Is this the reason We all shout? Nothing meantioned About the men who bled, Or of those who lie dead. [...]

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Big City Wilderness

Big city wilderness, what can compare? Folks by the millions, in lone solitaire, Looking, not seeing the traffic around, Heading to work and then home they are bound. No time for chatter or saying “Good Day”, In a big hurry, they go their own way, Whether by subway or taxi or bus, “Nothing is perfect”, [...]

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