
Jessica McGlaughlin
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"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing."
A piece of paper taped to a wall of an elementary school said this, it really resonated with me.
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Blue Centipedes
The unsettling still before cloudburst lingered, effecting urgent fussing; fret. Pressure grew exponentially as night loomed. I’d lain out the estranged socks, diligently reuniting, when it happened. It’s an impressive thing, when the sky bursts. Explosive climate decompression; releasing. My parent’s house had a tin roof: flooding rain roared of steel drums, awesomely inundating. Grabbing socks atop my bedspread, charmed footfalls advanced me downstairs on time to elemental beat, descending perhaps too eagerly.
By Jessica McGlaughlin4 days ago in Fiction
Lying to Children. Honorable Mention in The Ritual of Winter Challenge.
“Fuck! How hard is it to put your laundry in the basket?” Freeing soiled man-panties from entrapment by my ankles I silent head-cursed my husband. Prepared to deliver daily commands of urgency to children, I instead irritably demanded to know why Holly was at the foot of the stairs crying. I am not a morning person even on the best of days and this clearly, was not the best.
By Jessica McGlaughlin2 months ago in Humans

