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Submitted to Contest #239
The chickpeas are controlling me. And I surrender. It began someday recently, which day I do not recall. All I recall is the crunch. I was strolling along the snail garden, and I felt something horrible squelch beneath my sole. I feared I had murdered another snail, but when I lifted my foot I saw only him. A chickpea staring back at me, split into a half. I had never seen a chickpea in the snail garden. I leaned down to face him,“What are you doing here, sir?”He did not answer. He was in too much pain.The chickpeas seem to follow ...
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