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Made

Jennifer Kite-Powell

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I got a deck of cards for Christmas.

They looked like regular, standard issue playing cards at first glance.

I could smell cheesy, salty trans fat snacks of Frito-Lay and taste the heavily poured whiskey sours that were light on the sour.

I heard the laughter of card table sarcasm and beating hearts because you really wanted to win but had to play it cool.

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Jennifer Kite-Powell

Speculative poet, flash fiction writer, author, podcaster & Forbes senior contributor. Read my work here, on substack or at www.jenniferkite-powell.com