October, 2021 - Nicholette A. Guy

October 22, 2021

Hide and Seek

Daddy says mommy is pregnant. She looks like daddy when he puts a balloon under his shirt. Yesterday I heard mommy crying. She said she dreamed about cleaning a pool of blood. Daddy says blood is the water in your body. Daddy says mommy is scared. Sometimes I’m scared baby Alfie will be mean. Mommy and daddy just went to […]

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October 13, 2021

Emerald Eyes

There is a unique set of pills for every day of the week. Today I had Wednesday’s bottle of pills. Before every meal, we were expected to consume them. Wednesday’s pink pill was meant to create a rush of excitement in the middle of the work week. Sometimes that backfired. Some people would forget and take another. Or forget to […]

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