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Weekly Contest #366
Stepping outside the airport, I was expecting my breath to be visible, as it had been every December since I was a babe. It wasn’t. The air didn’t feel the same as it had before. It lacked the crispness that made every inhale feel like it was the first time you were truly breathing. I pulled out my phone. A high of eighteen. Strange. It felt warmer, as though the ground itself were radiating heat. I squatted low, reaching down and placing my hand on the pavement. I felt the eyes of a hundred strangers digging into my back. This is my home, I...
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