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Category: Character Sketch

Dog Ears

I tore a corner off the page I was reading.

Just the tip of the page crumpled. I placed it in my mouth absent mindedly while I read. I have read like this my entire life and the pages show it. I don’t have dog eared books. There are not many ears left to bend in the books I have reread, which are many.

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Author MessineoPosted on September 22, 2017August 27, 2018Categories Character Sketch, Flash FictionLeave a comment on Dog Ears

Last

“Well, I smell the cigarettes on you,” the doctor said.

“You do?” I said.

“I do,” the doctor said.

“What about it?” I said.

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Author MessineoPosted on April 28, 2017August 27, 2018Categories Character Sketch, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Tales, Writing & CraftLeave a comment on Last

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