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She Can Dish It Out But

You have a weird head she said. What is wrong with it? I don’t know I admitted. No one told me this ever before I met you. She smirked. Her blue eyes were glowing; I thought she was being funny. Surely they mentioned your nose though, she said. It’s so hawkish. Actually, no one had. She is new today though. I figure she is being friendly. So I go along with it. “Sure, my mom calls me beaky,” I say. Her eyes have stopped smiling. She turns serious. “What about those spots on your face? How did that happen?” “You mean my freckles?” She nods. “They are from my grandma,” I tell her. We both have spots. I love that.” She keeps the banter up. Others at the lunch table are staring. I can tell my best friend is dying to say something. She bursts out with this “Why are you such an ignorant fat cow?” The new girl runs off bawling. Why did you do that? I ask her. Her face is all red. She cannot answer.

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Date: 9/19/2020 6:17:00 AM
Ah, those glory days of school. But blessed be the ones that said what was on their minds then, before they knew better, rather than storing it up till 40 years later.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 9/19/2020 2:36:00 PM
Yes that is certainly true. The more we store the closer we come to killing ourselves not so softly from within.
Date: 9/18/2020 5:08:00 PM
you sure know how to tell a story, caren! this one's great!
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 9/19/2020 2:37:00 PM
Thank you Ilene. I see you have seen this also.

Book: Shattered Sighs