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TOM BARLOW: Disappointment

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Downsizing after his death, she makes difficult decisions. Heirlooms, his suits, shoes, gone. The hardest? Her wedding gown, 50 years in its box. With parting tears she donates it, hoping another bride may enjoy her luck.

Halloween. The first child on her stoop, dressed for a wedding.

In her gown.

Tom Barlow is the author of Welcome to the Goat Rodeo and I’ll Meet You Yesterday.

TOM BARLOW: Palm Trees

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You presume the palm trees surrounding the cabana block my view of your fingers as they trail across his thigh. Preoccupied, you fail to see the ocean inhale water from the beach.

I consider calling your attention to the towering wave approaching, but the palm trees stand petulant between us.

Tom Barlow is the author of Welcome to the Goat Rodeo and I’ll Meet You Yesterday.