May 2011
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Overweight by James L. White
Cooking for someone can be loaded with danger. He’ll get here at six and I’m filled with a small fear of conversation at the table. I always toy with the edge across my throat, between the cabbage, the duck and coffee we stare into. There are many ways to scream. I’ve chosen the silent one because I”m afraid of being discovered as I am, not who he remembers 20 years ago. I...