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Submitted to Contest #21
“I suppose I should be grateful I have a job at all at my age,” Gus thought spitefully as he readied the bar for opening. He had come in early to prepare for what was always the busiest night of the year. He had made sure all of the glassware was spotless, and the bar, tables and stools were thoroughly washed of any trace of stickiness that may have lingered from the year prior. Tomorrow he would wash them all down again, and treat the wood with oil, since a year’s worth of sticky drinks will be spilled on everything before th...
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