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Submitted to Contest #164
When I walk into the animal shelter, I am prepared to cry. I am prepared to fall in love. And I’m prepared to pull myself out if I suddenly get the urge to hum some Sarah McLachlan. But I’m not prepared for him or his smile. Or the way he cuddles that cat. I’m not prepared to stare, like a crazy person, or to wonder what it’d be like if that calico cat were me. Still, I watch him. Like a crazy person. And I wonder what it’d be like to have white paws and a one word vocabulary that consists of a monotone “meow.”  ...
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