Stories tagged “Gum”
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Setting Hearts on Fire
My mouth still tastes like cherries. Standing under too-bright lights in a gas station store so quiet I can hear them humming, my eyes slowly slide over countless, colorful packages of gum. My hand closes around the few rumpled bills in my pocket. Wast...
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When Does the Gum Come Off?
A pain comes that I’m not ready for. Like bubble gum sticking on a shoe, even when the gum is gone, the stickiness stays there. Darling, you’re the gum on the shoe of my heart. You’ve degraded yourself to something that I carry around...
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Chewing Gum
My uncle Harry gave me my first piece of chewing gum. I remember it well, because that was the day my father died. They never told me how it happened, but I guess I didn’t really want to know. It was early afternoon when my drunken father came st...
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Chomping Bubbles
With a wad of gum between my not-so-white teeth, I attempted to calm my frantically beating heart. I felt a sheepish grin spread across my adolescent face. Chomp. Chew. The wind blew her hair around her face. “Why’re you so great, huh?̶...