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Louie’s Luscious Little Lemons

“Try this one Margie.” Louie said, holding up the tiny yellow fruit between his thumb and index finger. It was half an inch long. “You’re gonna love it.”
I pinched the miniature lemon from in-between his chubby fingers, and took a closer look. The surface was yellow and waxy, with tiny dimples evenly spaced across the [...]

Keith’s Karmic Kaftan

“It’s not a dress,” Keith said to her, “it’s a goddamn Kaftan.” The exasperation in his voice was total.
Jennifer took a step back to give the outfit a more thorough examination. The majority of it was made from a thick, almost puffy, rough yellow silk that made it drape down in stiff lines, obliterating the [...]

Jake’s Jinxed Jalopy

It was an awful looking machine: Two decades old, and too broken down to be considered anything but a piece of crap. The original golden paint was worn away, leaving marbled streaks of white and dark in the steel. The seats were threadbare, with the ones in the back spilling chunks of brown and crumbling [...]

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