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Weekly Contest #351
It is 2005 when I first try on a woman’s skin. Sheets of paper spill from my backpack and scatter into the asphalt. I lunge after them, swearing under my breath. I should’ve skipped meals, skipped showers, saved enough for a proper briefcase. Maybe then people would look at me differently, with the respect I deserve. The wind flips the papers over one by one, exposing the same verdict in red ink. Rejected. Rejected. Rejected. A small hand snatches one of the pages right before it reaches the gutter, where it rightfully belongs. A girl, maybe...
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