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Weekly Contest #271
TW: contains violence, blood, self-harm, and suicide I wiped my brow and replaced my hat. Prompting my horse forward, I surveyed the field ahead of me. More than an acre still, and no time to lose. My wife worked steadily, moving row by row, planting each seed with care in the ground I tilled. This went faster when both my children helped. I sighed, missing my son and my daughter something fierce. I even missed that girl my son had brought home. Any help, really, would have been treasured. We planted corn, and I aimed to make a profit...
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