She was torn between two lovers.
One gave her a pink silk negligee and said if she wore it every night, he’d know she was his.
The other gave her his softest old shirt and said if she wore it she’d know he was hers.
She chose the right one.
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Friendship masked their rivalry.
Planned truancy, a bridge, and beer cemented the plan.
Rick muttered her name. Craig smirked: he had obtained the prize.
Rick, envy’s puppet, ignored his conscience. He would reclaim her.
Drunkenness settled; Rick’s hand to Craig’s back; a shove, and the end of a bitter contest.
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“I’ve broken it off.”
“What do you mean, you’ve broken it off? She was the best thing that ever happened to you. I loved her too, if the truth be known. You’re such an idiot! I have a mind to…”
“I mean I’ve broken the tip off my pen.”
“…Oh.”
Connell Wayne Regner had successfully avoided writing creatively since he wrote spontaneous lyrics to music some years ago. Although from a linguistic background, he has serendipitously succumbed to fiction. His other dabblings can be found at paragraphplanet and wtdmagazine.wordpress.com.