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Crush
This is not desire, a hot and burning ache that sputters and growls. This is gentle. This is soft.
McNugget Family
Six flimsy boxes, ten McNuggets each, and hot fries?
Masquerade
Back in my synagogue after too long for a bar mitzvah.
Five Minutes
“You’re so pretty. You take after me,” she used to say as she stroked my hair.
Pitter-Patter
“Tell me a story,” I ask. Grandma sits in her chair, smiling at the rain: pitter-patter.
Icebreakers
I’m not supposed to know what kind of piece I’m getting yet so my figure skating coach leans in, voice lowered.