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Two ghosts on swings watching me take their picture.

When it’s dark out, you’ve got to invent your own sun.

The Shadow

I was walking in midday when my shadow said, “You do everything I do.”

I said that it was the other way around.

My shadow said, “I know you believe that. But you’re wrong.”

I said that the shadow was wrong.

It was at this time when the eclipse of the sun happened. Everything got dark.

The darkness said, “I guess we know the truth now.”

I apologized for my mistake.

Angel Part 2

I asked the angel if it was crying because of the war in Syria, the threat of Isis, and something that Donald Trump said. 

The angel said, “No I’m crying because you’re online and it’s really nice outside.”

The Angel

An angel showed up. I asked the angel if it would help me win the lottery.

The angel said, “Nope.”

I asked again, this time saying that I would split the winnings.

The angel said, “I’m not any good at granting desires.”

I asked what the angel was good at.

The angel said, “Smoking. Do you have a cigarette?”

I said that I didn’t smoke. I mentioned that I used to be addicted to Just Like Dad candy cigarettes when I was a kid. I couldn’t afford my habit and shoplifted four to five packs a day from the 7-11. I was cavalier about it and I never got caught.

The angel said, “That’s because I was protecting you.”

I said that if the angel was protecting me, how come it let me develop an addiction in the first place.

The angel said, “I know, it doesn’t make any sense.”