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Saturday's Storyteller: "You little silicon bitch."

by Belinda Roddie You little silicon bitch. You've known me for over three years, and you already think you're better than me. You sit in the folds of my purse or tucked against my thigh in a tight denim, and somehow, your belief is that it makes you wiser. You're growing senile and can't stay awake for as long as you used to anymore; you'll drop like a fucking narcoleptic in the middle of a call, and I wish I could hear you snoring, 'cause the dead silence you give me is way worse. Speaking of the word "fucking,: don't act like I don't use profanity, girl. Every time I type in a swear, you pretend it doesn't exist. One mention of the word, "shit," and you get the vapors like a distressed antebellum Georgia peach lady and try to single me out for it. Don't you mean "shot," sweetie? Or "shut"? No, I typed in "shit." And I meant "shit." Are you sure? Yes. Positive? Yes. Do you w

Today's OneWord: Fatigue

In the desert, the sun doesn't care how thirsty you are. It doesn't care that your body has already thinned within days, mottled with growing age spots, wrinkled from fatigue. It gazes down at bodies in the sand as if watching ants struggle to return to their colonies - and it pays no heed to anyone's cries for mercy. Because the sun is not a god. It's a giant ball of helium and hydrogen. It has no feelings.