Tag: Leah Mueller

Peace-Sign Sweatshirt by Leah Mueller

Peace-Sign Sweatshirt Upstairs from a Presbyterian church, a third-floor Montessori school opened its doors to children with disabilities, poor kids, delinquents, and misfits like me. We were given complete freedom, while teachers sat in classroom corners, smoking endless cigarettes. Miss Terry puffed on Eves. Her lipstick-smeared cylinders featured rows of dainty flowers, dancing as they …

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Eat the Rich by Leah Mueller

Eat the Rich My mother always said “He thinks his shit doesn’t stink” and I thought about her words dozens of times, wondering if a posh guy stood above his toilet, smiling with satisfaction as he thought, “Why, my shit has no stench at all. In fact, it smells intoxicating.” Perhaps he lingered for a …

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