Broken Dreams
Lisa Gaines
- “…when
- I
- got
- back
- from
- a
- cut-and-shave
- one
- rainy
- Tuesday
- in
- late
- May
- and
- found
- a
- woman
- curled
- up
- in
- the
- overstuffed
- recliner
- parked
- outside
- my
- office
- door,
- I
- was
- blind
- sided.
- Not
- because
- I
- didn’t
- recognize
- her.
Because
- I
- didn’t
- smell
- the
- trouble.
Smelled
- cinnamon
- and
- spice
- and
- something
- I
- couldn’t
- quite
- identify
- trying
- to
- take
- over
- the
- stale
- office
- air,
- but
- I
- didn’t
- smell
- trouble. …”
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