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7 Aug 2022

A pinky dream

I always made a point of teaching my two children how to behave in public and to be open and compassionate towards others. When I noticed my 6-year-ol…

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7 Mar 2022

Rift

My mother looked at the cat on my lap purring as if he had not seen me for days. “Cats know your mood before you know it yourself,” she said. I looked…

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28 Dec 2021

Walking in her boots

“It rains again,” I said spooking the cigarette smokes out of the window. “Yes. If it continues, how are you going to work tomorrow? Can’t you take le…

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5 Sep 2020

The call center

The LED panel showed one minute. She knew that the signal was not to be taken too seriously. Public transport companies often had its own system to de…