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Thrifty Words 100 Challenge #54: Impulse Control

E.D. Martin
The Bad Influence
Published in
Feb 4, 2022

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Small house made of matchsticks partially consumed by flames, on a white to aqua gradient background.
Image by Myriams-Fotos on Pixabay

One night I looked out my window at a neighbor’s bonfire only to realize it was on their roof. (Nothing, short of police raids, brings neighbors together like watching a house burn.)

My backyard’s too small for my ambitions; there’s only so much room for fruit trees and zucchinis and…

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E.D. Martin
The Bad Influence

Half hobo, half homesteader. Telling the “what if” stories of those around her. She/her. Read more at http://www.edmartinwriter.com