a sip of last night’s soda

a sip of last night's sodaNarrated by Alexandra Kuebler

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a sip of last night’s soda:

flat and sweet

tastes like sucrose

               and cherry

                             and cola

leather and laughter and cards games

favorite, familiar faces

the simultaneous joy and anger of sisterhood.

then the lonely darkness settling back in for the night as I retreat up the stairs.

I will set down my can as I stare at my face in the mirror,

ugly light flowing in from the window,

wondering why I cannot be like them.