The Valentine’s Card

50-Words Flash Fiction

Gloria D. Gonsalves
Lit Up
Published in
1 min readFeb 13, 2020

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Ruby sat down and stared long at the Valentine’s gift. It was not black and white.

“Why didn’t he get her a panda?” she thought.

She threw the gift in the bloody swimming pool. His body floated next to it like a fallen cupid.

The scene was her love card.

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Gloria D. Gonsalves
Lit Up
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I read quietly. Here for mostly poetry. I post occasionally and, during my absence, enjoy the pinned index. More at www. gloria-gonsalves.com