A Story In
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Step Nine
He rode that one hit as far as it would take him. Now all he had left was the blue guitar. He had hocked, sold, or left behind everything else, including the royalties. The blue guitar, even with the missing string; he couldn’t bring himself to part with that.
The alcohol and cocaine haze had lifted long ago, leaving memories from that time scrambled.
He knew she was blond, she wasn’t just any groupie, and he’d broken more than just a guitar string.
He needed to make amends but he couldn’t remember where the tour had been playing that week.
From Guest Contributor Simon Hole
Simon lives in rural Rhode Island where he taught fourth grade for 35 years, publishing essays and co-authoring a book focused on life in the classroom. Since retirement he has been playing poker, gardening, and writing short fiction. Some of his work can be found on-line at 101Words, The Zodiac Review, 200cc’s, and Bewildering Stories.
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