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Cost
Leave a commentNovember 1, 2025 by dleecox
Can you just act like you love me? How much does that cost? How many pounds of flesh? How many …
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Beautiful and Flawless
Leave a commentNovember 1, 2025 by dleecox
I told you all of that so I can tell you this: There is something beautiful and flawless within you.
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The Second One
Leave a commentNovember 1, 2025 by dleecox
The first was obligatory. Socially expected. Culturally due. But it was her second smile. Now that one caught me off …
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It Shows
Leave a commentOctober 19, 2025 by dleecox
You behave as though someone took something from you, not as though you lost something. There’s a difference and it …
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Have to, Want to
Leave a commentOctober 19, 2025 by dleecox
Every relationship depends on “have to” and “want to.” Inevitably, particularly in long-term relationships, the “want to” wanes, leaving the …
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Maggie Tate
Leave a commentSeptember 29, 2025 by dleecox
“Lyle!” Melissa bellowed as she walked back in the bar, “Lyle – if that man comes within a stones throw …
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Sorry about that..
Leave a commentSeptember 28, 2025 by dleecox
I’m sorry I failed you. I’ll just pick up whats left of myself and move along.
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Budget Estimate
Leave a commentSeptember 12, 2025 by dleecox
I’d started the “new” campus in the spring. I was overwhelmingly comforted by knowing I was in my hometown again, …
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Salvation
Leave a commentSeptember 1, 2025 by dleecox
The station continued to move about them. Public address calls, murmurs, clops of hard soles, the faint sound of a …
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Correspondence
Leave a commentAugust 31, 2025 by dleecox
The reverend sat at a small desk in the rectory. A hurricane lamp burned kerosene, illuminating the desk and not …
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