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Submitted to Contest #53
The dry heat trespassed through the front door of our small, quaint, and empty Arizona home. Many bodies crowded together in a cramped living room to say their goodbyes and well wishes. Most of my family's belongings had been stacked meticulously into every available inch of a small rented moving truck. My mother’s beloved family heirloom, a very heavy and slightly out of tune piano, had in no way spared the backs of our kindly neighbor, nor my worn out father. My toddler sister, who had been filled with ripe indignation over her seeming lac...
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