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Her handbag was in between the both of us
and I could not help myself but look inside
She seemed eagerly in deep sleep
I mo..
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The evening tea trolley willed my
appetite to rise and with it, so did my thirst
I realized since my boarding the train, I
hadn&r..
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I had hurried to the train station
Why I did baffled not only me but anyone
who’d be willing to hear
No one saw m..
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I had gone out to the market to get some
things for a party
My uncle was going away to visit his
daughters on holiday for a few ..
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I realized I was in the woman’s way of going to the trolley
I pardoned her and stepped out,
finalizing my purchase on a cup ..
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“Would you like a pastry with that, ma’am?”I looked up, straight into the morning
sunrise; at the first peak of golden light that c..
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I
shook my head, thinking about the old woman as I went back to my seat, sipping
from the edge of the cup as I sat down, looking at the window again..
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The
taste reminded me of so many things that I remembered before boarding the train
My
two brothers, John and Jim, they w..
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I
waited for a long time and finally, when the sky outside was dark with the
tired stars shining all they could’ve
shone, I began..
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Sometime
later, I woke up with the smell of smoke caressing my nose
The
lady to my left seemed to still be sleeping so I didn’t
gi..
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