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Comfort Zones

August 30, 2022 4 Comments

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The afternoon he learned he had skin cancer, Mike thought of Josette, the first of his three wives, and the craziest. “Reality is your comfort zone,” she’d said. “It isn’t healthy.” She’d claimed to be the great-granddaughter of a Gypsy king and put a hex on Mike when they split.

“It’s family tradition. You’ve been cursed to live forever.

Don’t worry, it never works.”

He’d visited Josette in hospice years later. She’d said she was confident mystic forces would provide for her.

He cried that afternoon as he remembered her, her ashes now scattered in the ancient Gypsy homeland of Detroit.

By Jim Anderson

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  1. Charlene Williams says

    August 31, 2022 at 3:45 pm

    Jim I read this several times. I’m enjoying the irony.

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  2. melissa says

    September 1, 2022 at 9:00 pm

    Maybe he WILL live forever.

    Reply
  3. Bella Flor says

    September 2, 2022 at 4:59 pm

    Nice layers to this piece.
    I would recommend revisiting the word “craziest”, kind of pulled me out but other than that, enjoyed story.

    Reply
  4. Corey says

    September 10, 2022 at 1:42 pm

    Nice read and irony

    Reply

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