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Michael’s Room
May 12, 2007 in 299 Words, Family, Life, Literature, Short stories, Stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: Death, Family. Girl, Hospital, Illness, Mercy | by davidbdale | 8 comments
His face was a rag with torn-out eyes that flickered blackly for his girls. The only visible male in a family of incandescent women, he had burned through his few years quickly, as if life were a thin joint mostly paper and one strong draw could drag the ember the whole length to his lips. Read the rest of this entry »
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