Stories tagged “boxes”
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Moving out
Boxes everywhere. She gazed around the painfully familiar room, one last time. Ostensibly checking that everything was truly packed, but equally saying a quiet goodbye to this simple space that she had called home for the past three years. Had it reall...
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But HOW, Grandfather?
“Back in the old days, things were different.” “But how, Grandfather?” the little boy asked. “I’m getting to that,” the grandfather replied, chuckling to himself. “Back in the old days, things were differ...
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Captive
The man walked away, leaving Mark with me, still holding my arms. As the guy rounded the corner of the building, Mark pulled me over to the skips. Boxes were piled in between a pair and he pushed me into the gap. He followed and built up a mini wall wi...
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Motel
The sounds of a door opening brought me back to reality. Mark jumped and pushed me down before peering through the pile of boxes. “We’re over here Eddie!” he said. My arms free I started pulling my shirt back on and doing up the butto...
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From Within a Cardboard Castle
From behind cardboard fortifications, Jacob looked out upon unfamiliar terrain. His fort was indeed mighty, from its refrigerator box watchtower to its spacious dryer box living quarters. The yard sloped away, a carpet of Summer grass. A stately two-st...
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Last night at home
I open the door to my family home’s basement and I see all my stuff either in bags or neatly packed in boxes. Hard to believe that everything you own in the world can be put in a corner somewhere in a basement. “It doesn’t look like a...
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Empty Boxes
Our little group walked through her house. It was empty and cold and dead just like she was. We’d all been in her house before, known what it was like when she was alive. Instead of the bright and warm rooms, it was now resigned to white walls. It fe...