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Grandma makes egg mcmuffins

and lets us watch R-rated movies.

SINGLE MOMS HAVE COZY APARTMENTS BY SE DIAMOND 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 99

Since Jennifer’s mom is a biker and goes out a lot, Jennifer usually stays at her grandmother’s house where she can have a more stable childhood. Her grandpa stays in his downstairs bedroom with the door locked. I’ve never seen him. Everyone smokes, so the couches smell musty and cigarettey. Both bathtubs are stained brown around the drain. But I still love sleeping there because her grandma makes egg mcmuffins and lets us watch R-rated movies. I stay in my pajamas and watch TV for eight or nine hours at a time.

He’s a beautiful, lovely boy. He’s welcome any time.

CHRISTOPHER FINDS HOME BY KEVIN LAVEY 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 99

“That’s a beautiful cat,” she said. “He’s got a lot of personality. He comes and visits me up on my deck.”

“Yeah, he’s a great guy. I rescued him from an alley when we were living in San Francisco.”

“Maybe you can help me haul some boxes from the basement into my car. Jeffrey said he’d do it, but—” She tipped her head.

“Sure, any time.”

“How about now?”

I didn’t want it

to be this dirty secret.

I THINK I’M PANSEXUAL BUT— BY ELLIE PRUSKO 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 99

I think I’m pansexual but—she said—I still love you and want to be with you forever. He said: Okay. She said: Okay? That’s it? He said: I just don’t really know what to say to that. She said: Okay. He said: I mean, I kinda knew already. She said: Oh. Well I didn’t want it to be this dirty secret and then I start resenting you for it.

I am but working hard to feel alive.

VAGABOND HEART BY MARYANNE CHRISANT 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 99

Alone in a cold train station, going where? Do you know?

I wondered if Dreadlocks would recognize the trap.

AUTO-FLASHES BY PETER STINE 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 99

As the game moved along both of us chucked our chess-book tactics for bare-knuckle combat. He played with an erratic, intuitive intelligence. “Mothafuck!” he cried out.

I keep my head down.

EVERY MINUTE, EVERY HOUR BY EVAN LITTLE 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 99

I fight off the negative thoughts. But we keep going right? Through the nightmares, the fake smiles and laughs, we keep going, because the alternative is just letting them win.

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SINGLE MOMS HAVE COZY APARTMENTS BY SE DIAMOND, VAGABOND HEART BY MARYANNE CHRISANT, EVERY MINUTE, EVERY HOUR BY EVAN LITTLE, I THINK I’M PANSEXUAL BUT— BY ELLIE PRUSKO, AUTO-FLASHES BY PETER STINE, CHRISTOPHER FINDS HOME BY KEVIN LAVEY.

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