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Submitted to Contest #35
A hand, dry and cracked, hovered before the boarded window. Come on, you bastard the man thought You have to open it. You have too. He stands with all manner of blankets and clothes draped around him, anything he could find in the family cabin to stay warm. It still wasn’t enough. It had been a hard and harsh winter and the thought of letting that angry air in must be why he shakes so. But he was cold all winter, he reasons, despite the fire and blankets all to himself, what’s a little more? Especially when he needs to leave as s...
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