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Find Me

Posted on April 23, 2014 by

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She pressed against the grimy window, no one inside to ask, texting can u come get me, where are you he answered, I don’t know, I walked a while before I got here.

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Role Model

Posted on April 20, 2014 by

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She asked me if I’d take her to the funeral. She said in a text: “Will u take me? I can’t get a ride.” So I said, yes, I would drive her. This would be another one of the things that I probably wouldn’t… Continue Reading “Role Model”

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What happens here on Red's Wrap is all over the map. There is no single theme, no overarching gripe, no malady of my own or others that dominates. I write about what seems important or interesting at the moment and what aims me toward hope. I write stories, essays, poems - whatever fits the day and the mood. Nothing stays the same, here or anywhere. That's a good thing. Happiness. It's relative.

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