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Fortune Cookie Blues
Slumped at the kitchen table
Buried beneath a landslide of
empty Chinese takeout boxes,
She saves me the best for last.
Cellophane crumpled and cast
aside,
She cracks open the prize
And reveals the secret crouching
within.
“You will find true love in the
near future”
Proclaims the generic font.
A smirk curls across her lips.
She abandons the naïve prophecy on
the table amidst the stale crumbs.
Hollow cookie, hollow promises.
Scoffing at the notion of good
luck;
There’s no such thing.
She heaves herself off the chair,
starts to walk away.
Pauses.
Slips the fortune into her pocket,
Just in case.
by Joana Yasui
10th grade, Iolani School
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