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Rod Raglin
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Finding Meaning, Making Sense - An Anthology of Short Stories & Poetry - 2022-2025
Literature & Fiction
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Drag Queen storytime
Amanda wants her four-year-old son to learn to embrace diversity and inclusion. She’s even prepared to have him attend a Drag Queen Storytime and run the gauntlet of protestors. But there’s a limit. Finding Meaning, Making Sense, An Anthology of Short Stories and Poems, 2022 – 2025, are stories and poems about contemporary issues – with depth and balance. Pre-order it now at https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B003DS6LEUL
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Finding Meaning, Making Sense - An Anthology of Short Stories & Poetry - 2022-2025
As they approached the library entrance, a heavy-set man in a jean jacket blocked Lawrence from reaching the door.“What’s it like to be a child molester?”“Excuse me.” Lawrence picked up Thomas and tried to move past, but the man stood his ground.“Fucking pedophile,” he said, then spat on Lawrence’s shirt.“That man used the F word, Daddy!”“Get out of his way.” The counter-protestor, younger but not as bulky, tried to clear a path. A scuffle ensued and an errant sign that read “Let Kids be Kids” clipped Lawrence on the forehead.“Ouch!”“Daddy! You’re bleeding!” Thomas started to cry.Amanda took the lead only to be confronted by a woman who shouted in her face, “Why are you sexualizing your child?”A siren chirped, a police car pulled to the curb and two constables got out. “Let these people through.”“Fascists! Fascists!”Flanked by the officers, they made their way toward the entrance where terrified staff unlocked the glass doors they were peering through and let them in.“Groomers! Groomers!” the crowd shouted outside.
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