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Anka Troitsky

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Homemade Breathing

Homemade Breathing "Have you seen that filter that makes photographs come to life for a second? I uploaded a photo of my father and cried. That smile was almost his." From the TikTok comments, 2023 Tears well up in my eyes, and the wind gently wipes them away from my face. Standing at Dover's iconic white cliffs, I watch calm waves lazily dance below. The sea is a serene expanse of blue, separated by the thin line of land from the sky on the distant horizon—another delicate line between sea and shore created by the foam, as white as the cha...

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Discarded Gems

Weekly Contest #239

DISCARDED GEMS "Mom said that my treasured scrapbooks were rubbish and threw them away. She doesn't know that they were her treasure, too." Overheard conversation of teens on the train. 2008 As the crumpled piece of paper danced on the whims of the wind, it fluttered from the motorway across the open fields, weaving through the tall grasses and wildflowers until it reached the outskirts of a quaint village. There, it skittered along the cobbled streets, past bustling markets and sleepy houses, until it finally came to rest against th...

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