Category: short stories
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Naked Ambition
Watching him stumble out of the car, his knee straining, his brain calculating ever move, I appreciate he does not have years ahead of him. My employer has aged in the 42 years I have served him. The longer I work for him, the more he agitates me. Oh! How rude of me, I did…
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Back to the universe
A speckIn a large fleckWe ebb and beckPatterns of respect A dash in a printAll of us mintThis is our stintNo job, no hint We curl We swirlWe unfurlIn the great swirl We ebb, we flowSee how I glowWe flowWe grow to glow When I flowI glowI growRed, blue, indigo One songOne throngLike a gongThis…
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The Stuff Under The Rug
What is this I see? Trash under the rug? In the living room no less… What has her so distracted? I did notice she has lost weight again, Her clothes hang onto her bony frame and her skin so dull. Here she is with my cup off tea, smiling, Here Mum! I can’t believe you…
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The Scarring
The man was banging on the door for a few minutes. The three of us sleeping in that room were fast asleep, when our Auntie opened the door, to ask him to stop yelling. It was our father. The conversation turned quickly into an altercation. One minute he is struggling to lean on the door…
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The New Guardian
A month after my 46th birthday when my two adult sons and their younger sister came home to visit. Jason was 23 and James 22, while their sister, Justina, had just turned 19. We sat outside the kitchen in the backyard. I was shelling peas, and Jason and James were tending to a roast leg…
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Only the Lonely
At age 19, I got married to a 37 year old man, who promised me that we would to travel the world. A few of my friends asked me to get to know him, be patient and protect myself.
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The Break Up Call
A few years ago, I remember being stuck in evening traffic on Mombasa Road. It was a Thursday around five-fifteen, I had sped out of the office yard in my station-wagon, ready to pick up my girlfriend in Westlands. Minutes later, I was staring at Capital Centre across the road and wishing I could take…
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The Escape
The woman walked into the Ladies’ room, coomposed, looking behind her and slipped in, shutting the door firmly behind her. She glided over to the sofa at the centre of the room and placed her head in her hands. Her beautiful locks sheilding her face, as she began to whimper softly and then a little…
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The Grave Dancer
The girl walked into the room alone, neutral coloured clothing and staying close to the back wall. Her nervous smile and downcast eyes inform me of how shy and self conscious she is. Her ankle length dress matched the off-white colour of the Chapel’s back wall. Her short natural Afro hair had been combed back…
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The Farmer’s Daughter
A young woman barely twenty years old, walks into the office, exchanges pleasantries with the receptionist. She listens intently and walks over to the waiting area and sits down. Her hands restless, shifting in her lap, smoothing her loose floral dress and wiping her face. Her yes flit as she searches the room, unsure of…
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Short Stories & Poems by WarmBreezeBliss 