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Tiny Tales by Rachel Nel

@redsaid1

Inspired by genius Twister creator @arjunbasu, I'm trying to tweet my own tiny tales in exactly 140 characters. New tales appear at whenever South African time.

 South Africa
Joined July 2008
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Without its florals cheering up the floor, the room looks bare. But the rug's more useful now as I roll it up to drag his body out the door. #vss365 #vss #cheering
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She counts her money for the month. She has no choice; she’ll have to start weaning herself. Rent and food are more important than medicine. #vss365 #vss #start
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Both the comforting and cringey condolences will taper off. Soon, everyone will cross the road when I approach, as if tragedy is contagious. #vss365 #vss #taper
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I heard my calling in Bitches Brew. Although miles from Miles, I am a gigging muso. First chair trumpet! Handel on my lips. Jazz in my soul. #vss365 #vss #miles
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It's not nerves; it's doubt. But it's too late, so she keeps going towards the biggest mistake of her life standing at the end of the aisle. #vss365 #vss #doubt
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While out of town, he swiped and had no doubt that he'd found Miss Right. "Not long distance!" she lamented. Tomorrow, she'll be his Missus. #vss365 #vss #doubt
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We’re here to meet my sister’s new guy. My latest beau couldn’t make it. His prior commitment dawns on me when he walks in holding her hand. #vss365 #vss #commitment
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Ignoring my pleas, he skips the fueling station. Ten miles on, the car sputters and dies on the railway track, a train barreling towards us. #vss365 #vss #fueling
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I'm so nervous, I can barely breathe. My eyes are downcast, but I can feel them sizing me up, deciding if I'll be a good wife for their son. #vss365 #vss #nervous
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He finds his passion in a pair of secondhand Nike sneakers. Coach keeps him benched. His stubbornness unmatched, he keeps showing up anyway. #vss365 #vss #sneakers
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Sometimes she forgot that she didn't resemble other people anymore, until unexpected reminders reflected in the shocked stares of strangers. #vss365 #vss #unexpected
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"What's your expertise?" the interviewer asks. "Endings." "Why do you want to be a telemarketer?" "I'm stuck in a dead-end job," Death says. #vss365 #vss #dead
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I salute my father's flag-draped casket. When the officer pins a medal for bravery to my shirt, I ask: "Is it my daddy's?" "No, son. Yours." #vss365 #vss #bravery
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They call each other “husband” and “wife”. By repeating it, they are hoping that it will sound believable when immigration arrives to check. #vss365 #vss #sound
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A Baptist minister in the Mississippi Delta taught three guitar chords to a boy. Later, in Memphis, that boy became B.B., King of the Blues. #vss365 #vss #delta
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As the queue moves towards customs, I try to calm my nerves by feigning boredom. Surely no one will suspect a teenage girl of being a mule. #vss365 #vss #calm
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The pianist keeps the audience spellbound. Afterwards, he bows, hands behind his back, so that no one can see them quake due to Parkinson's. #vss365 #vss #quake
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The new arrivals dock. Birds alight on the island. Seagulls, not guards, stand sentry at the cell house door as the Birdman enters Alcatraz. #vss365 #vss #island
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The bully dubs me Cyclops due to my post-op eye patch. "I'm a pirate!" I say. It takes the wind from his sails to be stood up to by a girl. #vss365 #vss #sail
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At the harbour, the men lewdly ask for my hourly rate. Upon returning to the dock, they watch silently as I unload the day's biggest catch. #vss365 #vss #harbour
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