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"It's just temporary, Lani," she had said. "Next semester you'll be able to go back to school."

Everything is temporary with Mamma.The unpacked boxes, no money, no car, this small

studio apartment, sleeping on a loveseat...anything negative is temporary in her world but to

me, it's a spiral, and she's taking me down."

    From "Fried Chicken Talks" published in the California Writers Club Literary Review

"In Dad's closet, I can smell the Juicy Fruit Gum in his suitcoat pocket, and in  Mother's walk-

in closet I spin to the fragrance of Evening in Paris Cologne........ Mother liked to sew in the

room with the stained glass window because it reminded her to praise God instead of

swearing at the machine when it broke."

    From "Spring For All But One"

"I signed for the package while the deliveryman joked about the size and shape.He balanced

it on one end, and it was taller than me.I had to read the sender's name three times before I

realized it was from my brother."

    From "Waiting For My Brother"

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