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Restricted Movements
By Liz Baudler There was a tow-zone sign in the space I pulled into, just briefly, to drop her off. I would have parked somewhere else, but looking down the street, rows of car doors gleamed in my headlights. I pushed the gearshift forward into park and turned to look at the girl I had ...
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Church Pews
By Catherine R. Smyka St. Celestine’s Church sits at the corner of a residential street in Elmwood Park, IL, in between a cluster of homes and an elementary school of the same name. Sunlight pours through the stained glass windows featuring Biblical scenes. Mary and Joseph under a bright star. A mountaintop crowd with baskets ...
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A Boy’s Best Friend
By Jarrett Neal My partner Gerald plays on a gay softball team for men over fifty. They’re called the Real Daddies in spite of the three lesbians on the team. I watched them play one Saturday in Sauganash Park. Unlike Gerald, who works out at the gym almost every day and closely watches what he ...