He waited for another customer to enter. Through the glass in his little cubicle he could see the front door. The same was not true of all the cubicles. The others had to stand out on the sales floor to see any new mark that…
Gerald Cannon
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I growed up po and ignant in Alabama. Then I went off to college and became a socialistic atheistic business school grad with an MBA. Not wanting to add evil capitalistic bastard to my resume, I obtained an antidote degree -the MFA. What a difference a letter makes. Now I teach college and make art. That's more fun and I'm less prone to drift toward the dark side. So, at the advanced age of sixty.... I have chosen mind over matter, joined the League of Defensive Pessimists and have no better answers, only fewer questions.
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All his friend and loved ones were there. The party was a surprise. He had appeared to be genuinely happy. He was genuinely older.
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She stood there for the longest time. She had trouble making herself believe what she had seen was real. However, as she closed and opened her eyes several times, the truth of it persisted. The cool air conditioning inside the mall helped to steady her as she found an empty bench near the fountain. Right there in the parking lot! In broad daylight! She reached in her purse for a handkerchief.
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He sat at the table holding the baby. She seemed only slightly younger than the black girl that flashed into his meager consciousness with each blink. Black, all bright teeth and big eyes looking up at them in confusion. He could still see the bows in three pigtails. The left one red, the middle one blue, the right one green. He couldn’t imagine how colors could be so bright.
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Thoughtless. Will consider for personal gain.
Egotist. Will fish for compliments.
Hungry. Will eat for satiety.
Trite. Will bore for lack of interest.
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