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Bury Your Left Overs: A Short Story

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Bury Your Left Overs On a cold misty morning, I woke around 4:00 a. m, my alarm blasted with my favorite song. While trying to keep my eyes open I stumbled down the hall to the bathroom, combed my hair, brushed my teeth, gathering any last items I couldn’t possibly live without, just to crawl back into a bumpy car ride of slumber. Gathering up movies to bring along to avoid listening to Jerry crack the same jokes he has told since Courtney and I were in the 5th grade. Three hours into the trip Tammy yelled “look girls there are buffalo in that field!” Jerry replied with a smirk “those aren’t buffalo Tammy, they are just hay bales.” “You’re losing your mind Jerry those are to buffalo!” she screamed this argument went on for a while I simply put my headphones back in my ears and drifted off into a peaceful nap. …show more content…

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