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Made for One Another

March 14, 2017 4 Comments

Made For One Another

By Dante A Murray

Boyd was clean-shaven, chiseled and lean, with a playful penchant for magical thinking. This, coupled with Dakota’s passion for the study of her extensive collection of teddy bears, made them perfect for one another.

Their many lively conversations over lazy afternoon Sunday picnics, with her favorite iced mint tea and Ritz Crackers carefully layered with raw honey, banana slices, cream cheese, and grape jam, had all but put to rest his questions about any stuffed bear’s capacity for objective and/or optimistic intrinsic logic.

Her premise being, when was the last time you read about teddy bears hanging themselves because of depression?

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  1. Bobby Warner says

    March 14, 2017 at 8:20 am

    You always come through with a winner, Dante. The last line was dazzling!

    Reply
    • Dante says

      March 14, 2017 at 4:12 pm

      Thank you Bobby.

      Reply
  2. Lady Judith says

    March 14, 2017 at 9:34 am

    You always come up with a way to make readers say–WHAT??????????? then we get the WHOLE STORY and say YES, NOW I GET IT—————-I LOVE reading your stories. Thank you Dante.

    Reply
    • Dante says

      March 14, 2017 at 4:14 pm

      Thank you LJ.

      Reply

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