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Submitted to Contest #333
A Saturday evening in Betsy’s backyard for her 31st birthday. She’s covered the tables in red checkered cloth, organized them in an L-shape in the grass, placed colorful wildflowers in empty tomato sauce cans — the yellow Cento label, the red tomatoes, the tablecloth, the white taper candles.Sun sets slowly below the neighboring rooftops, the sky goes twilight, and Italian bistro music plays under the chatter of enough friends to fill a life, and I am one of them. I’m here for you, Betsy, with all our friends, and I’m happy. I’ve been drinki...
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