Flash back to about seven months ago. It’s the middle of summer, and my boyfriend and I were knee-deep in a Say Yes to the Dress marathon. Bellies full of pizza, eyes humming, we stared at the TV and made occasional sounds of disdain or grunts of disbelief as the episode’s featured victims tried on […]
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One knee touches the ground and two bodies intertwine in holy matrimony, laying one bone on top of the other to build a foundation. His ribs are woven into her spine, and her fingers engulf the overflowing rivers that wrap around his waist, pulling him under the soil.
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I don’t really know my husband, and he really doesn’t know me. We have been together for six years, and we have changed so much in that time, but what has not changed is how fundamentally different we are. Don’t get me wrong, I can usually predict 75% of the things he will say and […]
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This is one of the February Writing Challenge entries that was chosen to be a featured story. I gave my wife a red scarf for her birthday. That was before we married, and everything seemed promising. I gave it to her with a note that said to wear it with the benefit of the […]
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Is this folly? To bind ourselves, flesh to flesh, in blood and brokenness and whisper, in defiance, against the dark: ‘til death. To mock futility, souls conjoined, despite the mortal sting and laugh in the face of emptiness with this communion sweet. To die daily, for love asks more than words—it demands our life: every frail […]
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When the headaches started again you offered Ibuprofen and understanding and drawn shades. When a train wreck woke me in the middle of the night, you broke out the Valium and Percocet and told me not to cry because that makes it worse, then held me till I fell into an ocean of quiet. Prescription […]
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In the art world, there are two names that grasp hands and stand out above the rest as a duo: Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Though the two of them painted independently, it is impossible to know the story of one without the other. The paintings that each of them created are unforgettable, and their […]
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