"Here you go, Margaret," said my father. He didn't hear me say that I'm okay. I stared down at the unstable cereal and touched the cold bowl.1
"Thanks, Dad," I cheerfully said, making him feel like a father. My words were like skim milk. I stared down at the cereal and was glad he gave me Cheerios.2
My mother was upstairs putting on stockings and heels for work. I looked up at my father, not knowing what to make of how perfect it was. I wanted to get up, knock his orange juice and eggs off the clean white table, tear up his newspaper and shove his crossword puzzle in the fireplace. I wanted to scream and break through the suburban streets, make the world look out and realize how ugly this day was. I wanted to run, to run and holler down the steep steps and be interrogated. I wanted to make headline news, and coolly pose on my father's front page - he could hide behind my newspaper page instead.3
There's a reason Cheerios have holes, I thought. Nothing is really perfect. They told me deja-vu didn't exist, but in my world it did. And as I took a soggy spoonful, I became the two-year-old Margaret "eating it all up like a pro."4
Author notes
Just a random story I wrote for Creative Writing...
What did you think? Please comment!
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excellent
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Rockinawesome
Wow great story...i think i have read it already lol...love ya -
there's a hole in my sad life
wow I loved this , all in a mornings breakfast and the
father unobtrusive with his distraction to a newsprint , you loneliness as life is a mundane routine , and no one seems to want to notice you and say they love you , and your mom upstairs just a working busy mom ,,,no time for family ..
like a blank ,,, love that cherio metaphor as holes in life ..
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Hey Tiffi babes.
Thanks. If you come to where I am and pick up the local literary magazine, you'll find some more of my stuff in there - poems, stories, and pictures. 
Love ya! Kate 
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Very creative..I liked this "nothing is really perfect". Sometimes you just want to slap that into people's heads. Awesome story my friend
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Biscuits and gravy?
<3 Kate
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In our home it was either mush or biscuits and gravy. I got slightly sick of both.
Yes, Cheerios are much like life. I agree. Hugs, Mom -
I missed you too
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I haven't seen you in so long!!! ! I've missed you so much!!!
<3 Kate
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Thank you, Beth.
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This was a very interesting read... I could relate to it on a couple of levels... good job overall!
S~
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wow... This is awesome!!! You did a great job on this!!! I really like this story!!! Keep up the good work!!!
hugs,
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Thanks, Di.
Love,
Auntie Kate -
aww... antie Kte this was wonderful !
Iloved reading it
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Di
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Milly, thank you for your comment and thank you for reading. I hope I'm not putting my foot in my mouth by saying this, but I like to express myself with my words, images, and backgrounds.
Kate
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the text style is really really really cool. it works very well with the mood of your story. i love the background too, alot of people don't consider stuff like that when they write, and im glad to see that you arn't one of those people, great write and keep up the good work!
Milly -
Thanks, Cass.
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rockin awesome
I love it auntie.....lots of emotion but hey that is what i like
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