50x365 #324: Gertrude

When you moved back, you seemed so tired. Whatever spark you'd had before was missing. You told me that you had been stabbed multiple times by a neighbour and spent months in the hospital. All the buoyancy of youth had left you; the spirit in your eyes had gone flat.

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50x365 #323: Big Bear

The only reason we met was because my cousin had a thing for your friend, but when you called me up for a date, I said yes. Hell, why not? I thought. Why not? You were so boring and aimless that I just about strangled you to liven things up.

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50x365 #322: Tenzin

Without a word, you sat down next to me on the lawn behind the row of sales tents, handed me a huge slice of watermelon, and lit up a joint for us to share. We smoked and ate and watched people hover around imported and handmade baubles beneath stilted canopies.

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