50 WORDS

Happy Clappy

Thrifty Word Challenge #26: Happiness

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The Bad Influence

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I looked for happiness.. In the arms of men who didn't care and the company of women who scoffed. And then I found it. The everlasting kind. In a stubborn backyard. For months it sulked, breeding slugs and plant rot. Until one day, it smiled and offered me a rose.

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