by Gates Ogilvie | Feb 15, 2024 | 2024 Finalists
“Oh,” said my mother. “That’s good.” She turned back to her dishwashing. “You barely looked at it!” The sweat from my hand had stained my first-place certificate. “Can’t you even pretend to care?” “Can’t you see I’m busy, Emma? I’ll look at it later.” “You always...
by Gates Ogilvie | Feb 15, 2024 | 2024 Finalists
Your love is like an empty Nutella jar, Like the feeling of coming home from school and finding out your sister ate the last pizza slice. It’s like a drunk violinist trying to play guitar, It’s like being thirsty and only having whiskey to drink,...
