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Month: February 2019

Flash Fiction

Give me a Saxophone Any Day

By Michael Shawn Sommermeyer | February 27, 2019July 2, 2019 by Michael Shawn Sommermeyer

“I like neither,” said Tom, a high school freshman and rarely listened to. “For me, it’s all about the electric guitar.” He played an air guitar slide, which no one paid attention too.

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Flash Fiction

A Stitch in Time

By Michael Shawn Sommermeyer | February 26, 2019July 2, 2019 by Michael Shawn Sommermeyer

Jenny ripped the tiny hole in her jeans on the door as she rushed from her mother’s hospital room. Her mother had just died and all she could think about was a simple question: did mom love me? Jenny rubbed the threads and sobbed.

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Poetry

The Stitches Fly on the Hook

By Michael Shawn Sommermeyer | February 25, 2019July 2, 2019 by Michael Shawn Sommermeyer

Pitch sputters and spits on the cat
A harsh meow and scamper away
Stitches pause, then roll down the line.

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Scribbles

Scribble, Feb. 20, 2019

By Michael Shawn Sommermeyer | February 20, 2019March 1, 2019 by Michael Shawn Sommermeyer

It’s not the Snowmageddon the Eastern Sierra has seen in Feb. – some 500 inches of snow – it is a sizable amount of snow days for Sin City.

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Scribbles

Scribble, Feb. 19, 2019

By Michael Shawn Sommermeyer | February 19, 2019July 2, 2019 by Michael Shawn Sommermeyer

Trying a standing desk. The verdict is still out. I am too used to laying back in the chair to think. Now, I must rock from side-to-side and shift my weight. I think I enjoy sitting.

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