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Weekly Contest #96
The first time I saw the unconventional man was when he stepped off the bus at the corner of Lexington and 22nd street. He wore faded jeans with rips in the knees. He had mismatched wool socks poking out of unlaced sneakers. The brim of his Red Sox hat sat low near the nape of his neck and was frayed along the edge. In his right hand, he carried a leather satchel. The kind that doctors used to carry when they still made house calls. And his eyes were hidden, walled behind twin shields of blackened glass rimmed in stainless steel. He stepped ...
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