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Hannah Tiedemann

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Fireflies That Don't Stop Glowing When You Catch 'em

Submitted to Contest #34

Flames lick the side of the stone fireplace and cast a tangerine glow that dances listlessly on the worn walls of the small living room. Embers float from the burning logs, bobbing this way and that, like fireflies on a warm summer's evening in the garden. I cup my hands to catch them, trying my hardest to imagine that they are, in fact, fireflies, but their glow darkens in my palm, and they quickly turn to ash. I stand on my tiptoes, grasp the windowsill tightly, and press my face against the windowpane. Dusk's purple haze envelops the old ...

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