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Monk
A 50-word story
Feb 28, 2025
by Debbie L. Miller
“First date with a monk?”
“Yes.”
They walk along the shore.
“I never know how my dates will react,” he says, wiping sand off a seashell.
“You’ve done this before?”
“Sure. Buddhist monks have girlfriends.”
He wiggles his toes in the water and his saffron robe blows in the breeze.