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On Passing

September 4, 2022 14 Comments

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Curry struggled to secure my lips on hers. The kiss was cold, lifeless, but I wasn’t going to deny her whatever modicum of passion she’d desperately wanted to come over her. The last chemo session had left her fatigued and pale.

“Do you remember when Garcia put a funny-looking tomato instead of a cherry on our first-anniversary cake?”

I laughed at this; she laughed too. A hollow laugh.

“Don’t laugh too hard,” I said.

Her eyes were now glossy like clear quartz stones, but the tears wouldn’t fall.

She attempted a fairly spirited smile. “What else is there left to do?”

By C.J Fenley

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  1. Justin Nagundi says

    September 4, 2022 at 1:58 am

    Why must you break my heart this morning?

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  2. albert Norman katz says

    September 4, 2022 at 7:12 am

    something my mother would have said. Thank you. Bleak and beautiful story

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    • Joanie says

      September 7, 2022 at 8:02 am

      So sad and so well-written. 101 words jam packed.

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  3. Liz says

    September 4, 2022 at 9:33 pm

    Oh, how sad. Painful truth.

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  4. Trevor Berndt says

    September 5, 2022 at 3:28 pm

    I feel this story. Someone I loved very much was very sick, and she told me that she didn’t want to be asked a million times a day what was wrong, instead, she wanted to go on little adventures and talk about the other things in life. Well written!

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  5. C.J says

    September 5, 2022 at 7:38 pm

    I’m delighted to hear this, Trevor.?
    Thanks for reading.

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  6. Nmesoma Doris says

    September 6, 2022 at 1:41 pm

    This is amazing ?

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  7. David Higham says

    September 7, 2022 at 7:25 am

    Quietly moving and tender. I wonder about your title. It seems to me to tell the reader that this is the very end where the story suggests to me that there is still some time left
    The story itself I loved.

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  8. Craig Cumbow says

    September 7, 2022 at 1:09 pm

    I read it as another reminder to be in the now and enjoy your good health while you have it. Thank you

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  9. Sheri says

    September 7, 2022 at 11:36 pm

    Gut-punch story. Well-written. 🙂

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  10. Kelly Louisa Balliu says

    September 8, 2022 at 5:03 am

    Nice story with a bittersweet ending.

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  11. Anna says

    September 8, 2022 at 4:01 pm

    Love it. Can I suggest one edit to make it fly? Delete fairly from last para.

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  12. Melissa says

    September 8, 2022 at 6:02 pm

    Wasn’t aware I could cry at such a short story, but here we are. Wonderful, and heartbreaking all at once.

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  13. Corey says

    September 10, 2022 at 1:51 pm

    Quite the emotional read.

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