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Submitted to Contest #252
She loves the sound of the creaking stairs, she loves the silence everyone understands must be held. As she looks down from the balcony, she smiles at the memory of what the place once looked like. Once, she even stood there in front of a crowd and recited a poem she’d written. She just never told them it was hers. They clapped. She walks around, not sure of what she’s looking for. But the solitude is nice. It lets her think. It clears the fog in her brain that has accompanied her ever since he left. She walks downstairs again, and as she tu...
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