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little dog - The Offing

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By Pune Dracker, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Joshua T. Nguyen, Chaelee Dalton
| The Offing Verified
On Sundays I read to dogs who have been abused, getting them used to the sound of kind human voices: It is not known that anybody who is anybody is not alone and if alone then how can the dog be there, I read Gertrude Stein to a tiny blind terrier named Peacock, and if the little dog is not there it is not alone. She barks until I stop. She does not want to hear about others like her, but the pit bulls the next kennel over don’t mind, sit quietly while I continue where I left off.
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To Speak On My Mother’s Death

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By Lupe Mendez, Bon Chan, Nneka Onwuzurike, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam
| The Offing Verified
July 2020 I cannot tell you the exact day. We are at the height of the pandemic. When I tell my mom that so far, everything is ok for us in Houston, she tells me to continue to be careful. She tells me since she doesn’t go out she is ok, but she fears for my father. He wears a mask, but he is the only one to go shopping. I tell her that I can assist by using apps to have groceries delivered. I check the house for supplies. I look to see if they need masks or hand sanitizer.
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All the Parts of Things

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By Stephanie Niu, Bowie Rowan, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Juliet Gelfman-Randazzo
| The Offing Verified
My grandmother was persisting in a state of crisis. There was a zone where the lifeguards would save you if you drowned, and my dad was swimming outside of it. She offered me a ziploc baggie of cold red grapes. “I don’t like when he swims outside the flags,” she told me, maintaining forceful eye contact with the Fire Island coastline, which was refraining from wreaking vicious treachery on my father’s body thanks solely to the smoldering strength of her gaze.
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