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From Issue 18: "Vamos," by Emily James

September 21, 2020

From Issue 18: "Vamos," by Emily James

But when the smallest girl reaches into her Cheese Doodles and the plastic bag cracks into a cut then a sliver and then rips in two, the powdered curls falling out into a sad orange pile, she looks at me, lip turning inward, about to give way. I reach for her, but in this moment, she needs him—the man who gave her those lean legs and left dimple and kinky curls and skin the color of autumn leaves.
Posted in Emily James, essay, flash nonfiction
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