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Submitted to Contest #53
It’s ten minutes to four on a sweltering afternoon and I can see myself, late twenties, natural honey brown hair cropped in a pixie, dangly silver earrings glinting in the sun, a sapphire ring on a chain around my neck. Slouching on a park bench, I’m in my pencil skirt and pressed blouse, which is damp under the arms from the perspiration, scrolling through Instagram with one hand, gripping my British cherry popsicle - ice lolly - in the other. The melted juice runs down my hand, cooling it somewhat. Making it sticky. Fridays are half-days...
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