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  • Story Listed as: Fiction For Adults
  • Theme: Drama / Human Interest
  • Subject: Pain / Problems / Adversity
  • Published: 06/01/2012

Bernice in the Morning

By Dorsey Baker
Born 1949, M, from NLR /Arkansas, United States
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A brand new day is breaking; the sun is rising, and Bernice is just awakening.

She has to have a cup of coffee or two to get her going!

She awakens to the morning after only a few good hours of solid sleep!

Bernice is wishing that the sun didn't rise so early or shine so bright.
Bernice is wishing for some change in the weather! She wishes for rain!
But she hears no thunder and she sees no dark clouds or disturbed skies.

Bernice hates looking into the mirror in the morning! Because when looking into the mirror in the morning; there she sees overflowing bitterness in her eyes; there she sees a smile that masks the loneliness embedded within. On her face a false show of confidence! Lethal hurt spews from an angry mouth like the venum from the fangs of a deadly serpent!

Yes, Bernice is afraid of the mirror in the morning; because the mirror in
the morning only tells the truth!

Bernice in the Morning(Dorsey Baker) A brand new day is breaking; the sun is rising, and Bernice is just awakening.

She has to have a cup of coffee or two to get her going!

She awakens to the morning after only a few good hours of solid sleep!

Bernice is wishing that the sun didn't rise so early or shine so bright.
Bernice is wishing for some change in the weather! She wishes for rain!
But she hears no thunder and she sees no dark clouds or disturbed skies.

Bernice hates looking into the mirror in the morning! Because when looking into the mirror in the morning; there she sees overflowing bitterness in her eyes; there she sees a smile that masks the loneliness embedded within. On her face a false show of confidence! Lethal hurt spews from an angry mouth like the venum from the fangs of a deadly serpent!

Yes, Bernice is afraid of the mirror in the morning; because the mirror in
the morning only tells the truth!

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