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Weekly Contest #45
That day, at the start of everything, the bakery released me early to chase a sunset. I had flour in the squint of my eyes and fire in the press of my bare feet on pedals like teeth. Leaning, racing, I scuttled around walls and angles which stood between me and those vital strands of slipping salmon pink. Sidewalk to road to trail, I knew only direction, only the growing hollowness in my chest, gradual removal of ribs as more and more of the greying sky revealed itself. Walking eyes scuffed quickly over my tight lips or rested unknown on my ...
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