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This Changing WorldThis Changing WorldThis Changing World
The walls were nearly paper thin so I could hear everything. Bob and his wife, Natalie, were fighting again. Natalie was screeching above the noisy rush hour traffic. All the beeping and honking disappeared in her high pitched yelling, same thing every day. It was either the bills, the food, and the rent or having a newer dress than Cynthia from down the hall. These were bad times, I was amazed that this woman could want new clothing, no one really noticed new clothes at the soup kitchen, where we spend most our days anyway. Bob was quiet and calm, that was how he fought with the missus, she’s scr
Swiss WatchBen had a train to catch. There wasn’t much time and with a sore ankle it would take longer, but there was something worth it. That watch. It was a Swiss watch, more than they let him afford to spend. A densely crowded train was headed to Times Square, even this late. But why buy a watch so late? This morning when Ben had woken up he had terrible thoughts on his mind. Thoughts that were terrible beyond death or mutilation, they were thoughts of things he could never own. Things like the Swiss watch. Early on Ben had learned to never get his hopes up. Not really, just don't get them past what is possible. But today he would turn siSwiss Watch
In AbsenceIn AbsenceIn Absence
Mother wanted her tea but John was gone. She never had a worry until John was gone. John went out to make mother happy. Never right was Felix to the faded old woman. She didn’t care to leave, not like John. Felix stayed for mother. Felix bought tea for mother. Mother said the tea was too bitter. Felix put sugar in the tea but sugar could only cover the bitterness. Mother said that John would have put in cream. Felix put cream in the tea but mother no longer wanted tea. Felix left. Now Felix is gone and John has died. Mother is alone. Felix returned when mother grew sick. Felix said “good-bye” when mother died. No
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