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  Locked Box

  By Kimberly M., Plano, TX

  Every time they put her on the scale, she crumpled. She was trying to stand, but her hind legs were too weak. Even with two vet techs supporting her, I could see her swollen elbows shake with effort, straining through her thin, patchy fur. Her toes scrabbled furiously. The four legs splayed out, ...
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  Little Black Bugs

  By Kimberly M., Plano, TX

  It kind of looks like little black bugs, smashed into place on starchy paper. The small ticks of the serif typeset I always choose, because it makes my simple words seem a little more Dickens-esque. I have to go back. I never like writing on paper; the drag makes me tired. It is too slow. Too f...
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  Good-Bye

  By Kimberly M., Plano, TX

  Even as he said the words, I was fine. I was completely fine. Unhurt. Breathing smoothly. Maybe a little more comfortable, even, as another degree of heat radiated and became trapped between my body and blanket. It was almost sick how physically okay I was. I did not cry. It only took a moment fo...