Stories tagged “unemployment”
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Without a Job
We used to play chess. She had a special board, bought by some ex-so and so whose name I have tried hard to forget, with hand carved redwood pieces. Butterflies with over-sized wings for bishops, beetles as staunchly rooks. It probably cost more than a...
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The Unemployment Days
Its free. Laying in bed is free. So I lay here, letting the lazy, lavishly old fan slowly pull in the cool air from my open window,over my body, slightly chilling my skin, dampened from the lack of air conditioning. Because air conditioning is not free...