55 Flash Fiction: Trying to Hold On

It was the year she ate almost nothing, 

listened to ambulances scream in pain 

outside her gritty apartment windows, 

and bought a Saturday night special.

The year she obsessively watched reruns 

of the twin towers collapsing. 

The year she realized life 

is a mechanical bull and 

her inner thighs weren't 

strong enough to hang on.






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