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Scarring

January 20, 2020 4 Comments

Scarring

By Wicked

After years of loving attention, he said it was time to move on. He needed a change (as if I was rented property). This from a man in real estate, a man who hated change, still lived the same way, in the same house six years after his ex remarried. Resentment festered: anger and scorn itched for release. I waited for a dark night to visit his shady street, harbor side. Left him with a front wall of graffiti, sprayed with the frenzy and speed of a street kid on ice. Joy toggled to relief, as I felt old wounds healing.

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  1. Rosemary Reader and Writer says

    January 20, 2020 at 7:21 am

    Oh wicked indeed! Loved the analogy to rented property! A few years ago, an aristocratic lady, having been left by her husband, cut all the sleeves out of his suits and put his treasured vintage wine collection in neighbours’ milk crates.

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  2. Derek McMillan says

    January 20, 2020 at 7:38 am

    I enjoyed reading this. Imagine what the graffiti will do to property values.

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  3. Cathy Cade says

    January 20, 2020 at 8:24 am

    Every word counts. Left me with an image of a hunched, hooded figure in darkness.

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  4. Mary E Falkner says

    January 24, 2020 at 7:26 pm

    Loved it!

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