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2 Dimes and a penny

Down and out vs. well-to-do

Two dimes and a penny were all that’s left of me. I couldn’t buy a heated meal; I couldn’t pay the fee. The average man doesn’t give a damn.  Since luxury is his norm. He curses me under his breath. While I sit out the storm. I sit and shiver endlessly in...

My first crush was a fat boyHe had beautiful green eyesHe played the pianoHe is gay - of course, he isBut I think that's part of why I loved himHe didn't need anything from meNot enough to behave badly.My heart squiggles around nervously in my chestEvery...

shot in the back

man steals loaf of bread and is shot

he got shot in the back on his way out the door with the loaf of bread he had stolen but outside he turned around falling to the ground the blood oozed out his mouth and wetted his coat from the wound in the back on top of the ice the melted snow out he h...

Zubaidah was only 14 the first time she was laid. There was no emotion, just placid motions of the old in out, and before she knew it, she was no longer a virgin. It was all business. She hung around with the hoodrats and drug peddlers of Tiong Bahru, tal...

Ragamuffins

When we was kids.

Looking at old pictures back when we was kids,Ragamuffins looking like we was on greased skids. Clothes, most of the time, was hand me downs,Making us all look like impoverished clowns. I don't ever remember looking at us that way!To me it was just how we...