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Dorthy Smith

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A RUN IN THE PARK

The man and woman run every day. Fresh air clears their thoughts and prepares them for the day ahead. They wake early, put on running shoes and grab bottles of water. On the way to the park, they talk about work and friends and children. The sun is shining, and they are happy. Now she runs alone in the early morning gloom. Through wavering shapes of swirling fog that flickers like ghosts reminding her of previous runs with the others that now lie in the hospital waiting for her decision. A decision that she must make but cannot. As she...

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Ticket to Fresno

Submitted to Contest #234

TICKET TO FRESNO "Gad! I hate this place." Kylie, a cute, curly headed teenage girl said, as she flipped sticky plastic menus under the running water in the aged, galvanized sink. It was her second week working at the Route 66 Roadside Cafe. "I hate smelly eggs, and burning grease, and traffic accidents. Most of all, I hate Duggy for dumping me in this do-nothing town She dragged a wet towel across the counter. "Have to work somewhere." Ginny, the gray-haired waitress said. "Might as well be where you get free meals." Hester yelled from t...

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