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THE RUMORS OF PANTS TUMBLING HAVE PROVEN TO BE TRUE

My aunt Cathy had something to tell me. She wasn’t wearing her beret. Someone must have told her how badly it smelled of cat pee.

“I remember...
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LOVE, crumbsroom
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BIKES PART 5 He rode a girl's bike. It...

BIKES PART 5



He rode a girl's bike. It was bright orange and too big for him and made one think of how girls were usually much taller than boys at that age. I would see him riding on it around...
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LOVE, crumbsroom
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This is accurate! Fixed.

This is accurate!


Fixed.
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LOVE, crumbsroom
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BIKES PART 4 I was not allowed to ride...

BIKES PART 4


I was not allowed to ride very far on my bike. There were streets I wasn’t allowed to cross by myself. Only my grandmother knew how to step onto them and not get hit by cars. When...
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LOVE, crumbsroom
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Check and check! I will! Thanks!

Check and check!


I will! Thanks!
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LOVE, crumbsroom
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BIKES PART 3 I’d seen them take...

BIKES PART 3



I’d seen them take prisoners. Captives contained by skipping rope wound round and around them. Being paraded on the sidewalks, their heads down and shuffling in their sneakers....
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LOVE, crumbsroom
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He is the spectre, hovering just off screen,...

He is the spectre, hovering just off screen, pulling all the strings and ruining civilization.
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LOVE, crumbsroom
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Thanks! Just trying to get as much of...

Thanks!


Just trying to get as much of this nonsense down while I'm stuck at home, between jobs. Praying that eventually I will find some way to tie all of these disparate strands together.


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LOVE, crumbsroom
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BIKES PART 2 There were older kids too,...

BIKES PART 2


There were older kids too, but you usually didn’t see them. I guess they stayed at home. Or kept to themselves, up on the second floor of a haunted, old playhouse overlooking the...
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LOVE, crumbsroom
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BIKES: Part 1

They had the best monkey bars. Worth sneaking into the Townhouse to see who was on them. Worth waging a war over. Guarded by soldiers in shorts. Lassos made of plastic jump rope....
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LOVE, crumbsroom
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JANE AND THE INSTITUTE OF DUMB KIDS EVERYWHERE:...

JANE AND THE INSTITUTE OF DUMB KIDS EVERYWHERE: PART 4

It seemed my answers had caused a sensation. It seemed the test had discovered the great things that were in my head after all. Even under...
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LOVE, crumbsroom
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Jane and the Institute for Dumb Kids Everywhere: ...

Jane and the Institute for Dumb Kids Everywhere:

Part 3

Jane brought questions with her. My father let her into the house with them. Bundled in elastics. Piled heavy in a canvas tote bag. Let...
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LOVE, crumbsroom
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LOVE, crumbsroom
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LOVE, crumbsroom
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LOVE, crumbsroom
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Now includes Art!: ...

Now includes Art!:


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LOVE, crumbsroom
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JANE AND THE INSTITUTE OF DUMB KIDS EVERYWHERE: Part 2

I suppose it made sense Jane never looked at me. Maybe she saw my mother in there somewhere. A face she knew well from when she began dating...
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LOVE, crumbsroom
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JANE AND THE INSTITUTE OF DUMB KIDS EVERYWHERE ...

JANE AND THE INSTITUTE OF DUMB KIDS EVERYWHERE

Part 1

My stepmother had been going to school for a long time. Studying how the brain works but also how it sometimes doesn’t. Hoping one day to...
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LOVE, crumbsroom
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Part 7: Target Practice

Once home, my father went to his room. To be by himself. The door closed for a long time. When I finally heard him open it, I walked down the hall to talk to him. Turned...
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LOVE, crumbsroom
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PART 4: Toothbrush Skeptics

In the morning the fridge posed no danger. My father had been sure to empty it yesterday. Stayed up late to complete the task. Held his hand over his mouth and sprayed...
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LOVE, crumbsroom
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DAD MA BARKER

PART 1: A View

All he wanted was a window to watch the boats go by. This is what my father would say when we told him he’d drank enough already. Just a little window. Big enough...
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LOVE, crumbsroom
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STEPDAD/STEPMOM

1: RANDY

I met my stepfather in the basement where my mother slept on a pull-out couch. We’d come a long way for this. Subways and then buses. Crossing busy roads. Sneaking...
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LOVE, crumbsroom
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BEST FRIEND EPILOGUE: A TANTRUM OF PUPPETS

Miss Cott believed in friendship and so she had trusted us. The two of us trusted to be in this dark place, crouched down, with no adults watching....
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LOVE, crumbsroom
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BEST FRIEND PART 4: THE FINE FINE PRINT OF FRIENDSHIP

My friendship with Garrett began while across the room from him. He was looking, but I wasn’t. Admitted how he’d been watching for days....
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LOVE, crumbsroom
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BEST FRIEND PART 3: FOOTPRINTS

School had yet to teach me where friends came from. Thought here I might finally see them coming. Learn from Miss Cott where I should keep watch for them. Not like...

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