by Janet Trakin
The hermetically sealed airplane cabin felt like a hot air balloon which suspended me between my life in Los Angeles and my umbilical cord to Delray Beach, Florida. There, my mother lay in storage in the same funeral home we used for my father. I had fled South Florida like an Iraqi refugee [...]

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By Janet Trakin
Ronald had been my lover for eight years–a veritable eight-year one-night stand– totaling over 100 orgasmic evenings which had capped frustrating days as a legal secretary with emotional and sexual fulfillment. He came from St. Lucia bearing thin, dreadlocks to his shoulder and a dumbfounded look upon his face. He declared himself a [...]

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by Janet Trakin
I had tried to seduce her before, stripping naked-notwithstanding my socks-because I was too drunk to drive home. It didn’t work. It was if I were a translucent ghost.
She had occupied the side of the bed facing the bathroom and closet alcove. She stared at it, clutching the pillow. She had not even [...]

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