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Temperance Avenue
Seven works of flash fiction, all dealing with the concepts of temperance, continence and the consequences when these virtues fail.
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Available @ Books on Beechwood
(35 Beechwood Ave., Ottawa)
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"I wake up the next morning and immediately crave coffee. This is a daily thing for me, and is usually the first thing I think of in the morning- I don’t know why. I’m addicted. I know I am. So I dress, go pee, then head to the kitchen counter to do the four heaping scoops, 5 shakes of salt and 10 cold cups of water. It’s not all for me- everyone else will have a cup from this pot. It’s my responsibility that I gladly take on because I get something out of it. I get my fix. It’s another way that I take care of everybody here and by everybody, including myself. When the percolator sighs to me that it is done, I take my first sip of the say and immediately my synapses fire up. My equilibrium makes the transfer from horizontal to vertical. I’m online. My day begins."
from FMRL, Temperance Ave.