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Weekly Contest #307
The playing cards flickered like butterfly wings, shuffled like a rattlesnake’s tail. The crisp oracles flew, wrinkled and expert hands loosing forth in red and black. The towers formed, the first three cards drawn - an ace! A good omen, or so Darrell thought. But he corrected himself. Cross-stitch Maggy taught that an incomplete casting means nothing. Only when the game is over is the meaning clear. So Darrell sat patiently in the smokey back room of the cigar store, old chair creaking as Maggy’s hands moved through the afternoon dimness. ...
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August 19, 2024 This is dumb. I don’t want to do this. I don’t know what to write. blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahAugust 20, 2024 Okay, let’s try this again. My shrink says I can be honest with my diary. Fat chance. Still, I might as well try. My name’s Mortimer, Morty if it pleases you. Ha ha, very funny. I took the name when I retired. I’m in therapy because I’m having a hard time letting go of my job. Okay, that’s enough for today.August 23, 2024 I was in collections, after a fashion. You meet a lot of people in collec...
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