D.L. Lunsford's Flight of the Butterfly
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“You think you’re so perfect! That’s why your boyfriend is cheating on you!” It slipped out, I could tell. She tried to take it back, tried to cover up what she said but it was too late. I don’t remember what she said after that. All I know is she said […]
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What is happening when your enemies suddenly seem to share your vision? When they stop resisting you and start fighting for your cause? When they cease slandering you and begin singing your praises? Could it be that they have finally seen the light and changed their minds about you? Unlikely. […]
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It didn’t make no sense to me her talking about escape. I slapped her hard the first time she said it to me. The master had been good to us–especially Isabel. He gave her scraps of meat straight from his own plate. He let her keep some of the eggs from the chickens. […]
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Once there was a man named Rebel James. He was a big, burly black man who wore big, black boots, tight, black pants, and a long, black shirt. He had three black teeth, black eyes, and a bald, black head. Rebel James lived in a small raggedy house with brown, patchy grass and he drove […]
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Here’s my hand. Take me where truth speaks. My heart yearns. My mouth thirsts. Feed me lest I starve. Deliver me lest I perish. For the days are nights to me and nights are death. I’m sinking deeper and deeper in the sand and I cannot save myself. Here’s my hand. Please, take me where […]
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Relationships, we’re in more of them than we realize. We have relationships with people, animals, food, money…our comforts. Most of them are business arrangements. We use each other to enrich our lives, animals to provide companionship and protection. We count on our food to provide nourishment, pleasure and comfort–not just for ourselves, but […]
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D.L. Lunsford's Flight of the Butterfly 