by Katie Davis-Steward
Source: The Beginning of the Tumbling (2004)
Mom and myself, a wise
two days old, are released
from the hospital. Daddy
wasn't there to picke us up.
I heard mom waited a few
hours, then finally called
someone for a ride. Didn't
mind then. At 14 though,
I found out. At the exact
same time we were just
waiting and waiting, he was
screwing around with one of
his numerous girlfriends. By
this point, all my other blusters
with him were beginning to
bubble around me hard, so I
was orbiting stiff. I haven't
gotten around to asking him
who got my birthday present that day.
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Centralized Storm p.85
by Katie Davis-Steward
Source: The Beginning of the Tumbling
Bruce has just finished cleaning the tub
in the house in Pittsburgh I was renting
with some friends while I was in college,
It was a typical weekend night while he
was visiting. We were all getting ready
to go to the club. Everyone was about
half-ready, except I had finished. I went
down the stairs, and as I was making the
right towards the living room, I heard rain-
inside the house. I screamed, "It's raining
in the living room...and on my couch!"
Everyone ran down the stairs as the ceiling
started to collapse down. One final waterfall
and it stopped before the tub had a chance
to fall through. (It stayed in place until the
repairmen came.) I was the only one not
laughing that night because it had stormed
right on my couch, and had the nerve to do
it right in front of my face.
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