East Boulder Community Center has a fence for lost articles. I’m certain of it. The woman’s locker room has a sign that says “East Boulder Community Center is not responsible for lost or stolen articles. Please report problems to staff immediately.” Now why would they care if they aren’t responsible? They want to KNOW, that’s [...]

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Daddy was already dressed with his leather bible in his hand when my brothers and I woke around 8:30. Church clothes were shirt, a tie and a pair of black “Payless,” shoes. Perhaps I would own a pair of “church shoes” like daddy when I get older as opposed to the “multipurpose” shoes I wore [...]

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Every time I search For my lost keys I think of you. In my coat, at the bottom of a purse, in a messy drawer hiding underneath the bed, in a shoe, in my left shirt pocket. A place I would look to retrieve something hidden in my memory that I still need to get [...]

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