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I looked over at my friend's PB&J with the

  • I looked over at my friend's PB&J with the crusts cut off. Then I looked down again at my quinoa and kale patty with spicy remoulade. Why

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  • oh why oh why? "You know what,"I said to my friend, "it's the crusts that make your hair curly." "Why, when I spend 30 minutes straightening my hair each morning would I want to

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  • take out an extra 45 minutes by showering?" my friend said. I kept to myself that her hair was getting smelly, and she insisted that she should straighten her hair. However,

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  • she was white and rich which meant that hygiene was merely an option. For the first time in my life I decided to be honest with my friend and said, "Look, Lance is never going to

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  • go for someone who picks plaque from their teeth with press-on nails. Girl you need a serious make over." I slipped her a groom coupon from mod dog. Brutal honesty ended our friend

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  • ship. "BITCH!" she growled. She stopped wagging her scraggly tail & her ears flattened. Uh-oh. I tried to make amends, crouching down into my playful position, but she bared her

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  • teeth and barked, "I get it now. What we have, it's not love, it's a symbiotic phase. I protect the house, fill the emotional void left by your ex, and you feed me." My heart broke

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  • when I heard that; it was as though everything I had built up over these years was crashing down around me. A whimper, the only sound of my smashing heart, escaped my lips.

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  • I stumbled toward the door, and almost made it. I blinked, trying to focus. My eyes fell to the necklace that dangled from my neck - to the pendent that hung from its center.

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  • I tripped over my own feet and bumped my head against the door. I struggled to remember that I had choices: the door or the pendant. I bumped my head again and left this sad note.

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5 Comments

  1. BlastedHeath May 03 2014 @ 00:44

    Ending inspired by the Paranormal Activity movies.

  2. 49erFaithful May 03 2014 @ 17:18

    Beginning inspired by my wife's quinoa and kale patties, which we've never packed as a lunch, but they were served as breakfast once after our dinner ultimatum was unmet. Hey, some nights it's chicken nuggets, some nights it's pancakes, some nights it's quinoa and kale patties. We're not completely heartless.

  3. MoralEnd May 03 2014 @ 18:57

    Middle inspired by my undergrad.

  4. lucielucie May 04 2014 @ 16:36

    Quinoa & Kale Patties - The Sequel: Regurgitated Breakfast 2

  5. buddyboy4711 May 05 2014 @ 12:10

    I just looked up "quinoa" and "remoulade," both of which have the nerve to not mean pizza in exotic languages. Fold inspired by a thing I read about sea anemones and hermit crabs.

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