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Submitted to Contest #95
My grandmother used to say “life is like the ocean” and leave it to us to decipher that proverb. My mother always told me that it meant we could drift with the currents instead of risking the waves, but I disagree. I’ve always thought that the tides were the epitome of deception. No matter what you choose to do, your skin will end up wrinkled and the waves will smother you in the end.It was a brisk winter’s morning with sunlight streaming through branches clad in frost and the earliest strands of Christmas lights. The final leaves of autumn ...
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