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Jensen Beach

To God Belongs What He Has Taken

Jensen Beach
To God Belongs What He Has Taken

https://soundcloud.com/americanshortfiction/jensen-beach-to-god-belongs-what-he-has-taken Marie buys her morning coffee at the convenience store on the corner of her block. One of the men who works there is named Ahmed. He is Iraqi. When he laughs, which he does often, his enormous belly shakes. She likes Ahmed. She’s been buying her coffee from him since she’s lived on this block, almost two years. In a week, the sale on her apartment, her first, will be final, and she and her daughter Tove … [Read more...] about To God Belongs What He Has Taken

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