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Angela Fitzpatrick's avatar

Gulf of Geographical Faux-Pas

“You’re from England. That’s the little island in the French Channel, isn’t it?” Asked my new Canadian friend.

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Kathryn Silver-Hajo's avatar

The Gulf of Hot Dates

Shirley longingly recalls gropings in Galveston, smokin’ New Orleans summers, vavavoom Veracruz vacations. Those tawdry entanglements in Tampico…

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Teresa Renton's avatar

Gulf of Procrastination

I should’ve boarded that plane. Followed my unrestrained heart that flew to you. I hesitated, tethered by duty.

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Donald Ranard's avatar

The Gulf of Ignorance

It started small but grew and grew until one day, to our great surprise, it engulfed the nation.

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Roopa Raveendra's avatar

Gulf of Forgotten Memories

Was it in a jar, a suitcase, or a USB? Didn’t matter. She wouldn’t remember anyway.

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Federico's avatar

The Gulf of Jiménez Became the Gulf of Greatness

The Gulf turned to Lake, then River, then Stream. After the spill, the Septic Tank. Their fault too.

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Guy Biederman's avatar

The Gulf of I Am

"Let's anchor here."

"Row ashore, stay longer than a day?"

"Well, for the night anyway."

"Forever in circles."

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Ani Banerjee's avatar

The Gulf of Exxon

Exxon raped her, dumped gasoline and burned her. Her tears formed a hurricane to wipe the land.

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Karen Crawford's avatar

#TheGulfOfResistance

#ButHerE-mails, #LockHerUp, #Crooked, #Nasty, #HaveYouHeardHerLaugh?, #Weird, #Crazy, #Lyin, #Horrible, #DEIHire, #LowIQ…

#NeverTheLessShePersisted. #StillWithHer.

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Guy Cramer's avatar

The Gulf Of Fight Club

The map was misleading, and the locals kept a tight lip. One fisherman said “take this right hook.”

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Saad Ali's avatar

The Gulf of Photographs

– S’s disability of absence of photographic memory could never bridge. (The CDs were unwittingly left at G’s workstation.)

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Claudia Morse's avatar

The Gulf of Uncertainty

Rolling waves of doubt threaten to drown my

fragile, tenuous peace in swells of fear and sorrow.

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John Sheirer's avatar

The Gulf of the Clitoris

And just like that, it became invisible to Trump supporters forever.

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Tiffany Harris's avatar

Now that's funny.

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Ani Banerjee's avatar

lol. Let's make that trans clitoris.

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Rory Perkins's avatar

The Gulf of Possibilities

Of becoming a father as you scream into the world. Of breaking a cycle and being reborn, too.

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April Krassner's avatar

Gulf of Golf

Teed up, he shot an eagle. "Hey Chief, see that?" but Chief was lost, imagining the end zone.

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April Krassner's avatar

The Gulf of Tag Questions

One makes eagles in golf, or achieves them. One would never say, I achieved an eagle, would one?

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Sherri Alms's avatar

This was a great exercise, Meg. Brevity is tough. I have two entries, one serious, one lighter.

The Gulf of Last Words

Don’t fall, I said. You didn’t. You leapt, then plummeted, your hair streaming goodbye behind you.

The Gulf of Meloncholia

You called me honey. I called you dew. You split. I grew round. She is my blue ribbon.

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