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Submitted to Contest #72
The sound of distant thunder rained overhead, giving notice to all who listened that a storm was on its way. Rain clouds, John thought, sighing into his coffee. Why'd it have to be rain clouds? Rain clouds never meant anything good. Whenever something bad was about to happen to him, he was always warned ahead of time by the weather. It rained back when a car skidding across the road ran his childhood puppy over, unable to stop itself thanks to the water laid out across its path. It rained back when he was in college, and he slipped off...
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