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Submitted to Contest #84
I’ve been in line since early this morning, awaiting the next airbus. Most of us congregate near the outdoor heaters, but once we learn a new shipment is arriving we know we need to move away from that warmth and into the crowd forming at the airfield. As we wait, my gaze travels to the electric fence that marks the perimeter of the camp, which is on the edge of town. On the other side of the fence is an isolated strip mall, abandoned now just like the other buildings in this part of the city. I can see what used to be a café, a tob...
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