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Submitted to Contest #44
He took another long, deep drag off of his cigarette, and looked out over the vast expanse of concrete rooftops. It was mid-summer in San Francisco, the air sticky and humid. down below they could hear the music of the street performers playing their hearts out, just to feed themselves. They heard the car horns, people yelling, kids laughing. His face read no emotion, though the quiver in his voice begged to differ. He sat there, dangling his feet that wore the now beat up maroon sneakers she ha...
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