Not Going Home for Christmas_C10H14N2_A Morning Spent in Escanaba_My Job
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Not Going Home for Christmas
The snow outside the bar was falling in large puffs. Almost as though cotton fluffs were descending to the ground collecting. While the inside was warm, I knew the chill outside would bite at my nose. Thankfully, I was not inclined to leave the comforts of the bar."Hey Sarah, are you heading home for Christmas Eve?" Beth, a friend of mine, asked. Her big blue doe eyes bore into me."Not this year. I have a lot of work to get done. I find I have fallen behind again," I responded. Lies. I had all my work done weeks ago. I wish it were as simple as paperwork that kept me away from my family duriwww.onedoor.ccn...
C10H14N2
C10H14N2TW // Suicide1st Cigarette:You do laundry on Tuesdays. You do laundry on Tuesday mornings at the Happy Bubble before your 8 o'clock shift. 15 dollars. Two loads. A $1、50 in change. A diet coke is $1、19、 You drop what's left into the little cancer box above the cash register. You drain the coke and light your first cigarette of the day. Twenty cigarettes in a pack. Three cigarettes a weekday. You buy a new pack every Monday, $4、45 a pack. About 18 bucks a month. That's the plan. You're trying to quit. Well, maybe. 7:45 you walk to work. It takes five minutes if you use the back allies. ...
A Morning Spent in Escanaba
Will Donnelson took a swig of Bud Lite and turned up the radio. Creedence Clearwater Revival exploded from the car’s speakers. He imagined his mother, pressing her hands to her ears and crying “It’s so loud!” before insisting he switch over to NPR or one of those stations that play the same three bubblegum pop songs over and over again. For the first time in his life, he got to listen to the songs he wanted to listen to. The taste of freedom was almost as good as that of the beer, one of many beverages filched from the mini-fridge in the garage before he drove off into the night. The fact he ...