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Part III · Others

Rebecca

a coming of age story I. Her you always liked fountain drinks, thought the bottles had too much carbonation. you wrote in journals names your husband wouldn't recognize. & thought it was okay. safe. because who am i really hurting if i'm just trying to find myself again? II. Darling “darling, darling— it doesn't mean anything. i promise. i swear. this is a mistake. i love you.” she pleaded with a bedsheet around her waist, & an unnamed man still in her bed. III. Honey “honey, i'm home” played on a black & white tv. watched by god, not me. a working father. a stay-at-home mother. 2.5 kids. a white picket fence. until it became nuclear in nature. the children wept. the parents yelled. the television kept playing.

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