*this post is inspired by the recent announcement that the balloon boy saga was a hoax.  his parents met in acting school.  enjoy.*

(a monologue)
I used to always say that I hated actors.  This meant I hated artifice, pretense, and facades.  I hated attention-getting melodrama.  I hated the praise lauded on acting as talent, hated the [...]

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June

Ant and an Ankle Bite

She has an ant bite on her ankle that hasn’t yet healed.
She stood at the edge of her driveway, arms crossed very tightly. The blue and red plaid of her shirt twisted around her torso like her body might torque into a tornado at any minute. Her limbs and shoulders contorted into a posture of [...]