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Submitted to Contest #164
In the city, it’s hard to have friendly neighbors. You grow up seeing all these movies about being best friends with the girl next door, you would have all these sleepovers and share secrets. But the only thing you end up having is shattered expectations, and a grumpy guy in the floor below who keeps knocking on your door every two days yelling “stop playing the damn piano”. They don’t understand music here, they only know noise.And when you’re 10, you don’t understand why people don’t smile back in the elevator when you’re straight up beami...
Submitted to Contest #138
Light snores of my sister, laying on her bed, filled the stoic silence. Her body snuggled up like a shell, clutching the pillow with both fists. Getting up from my own, I walked around the house to pass the time. Leaning against the door of the adjacent room, I watched my parents holding each other, their eyes closed shut. Something inside me hoped as I walked away that they felt as peaceful as they looked. The house was still hot even with all the windows open, the air still and slow. My feet carried me to the front porch, the lig...
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