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Submitted to Contest #46
Maddeningly irregularly, water dripped from the faucet down the hall. Every drop was the same, and yet there was no discernible rhythm to the sound they made as they were crushed against the steel sink.I was rocking back and forth in my chair, oscillating, vacillating. I puffed my cigarette. I looked at the sky. The ceiling, I mean. Blank. My mouth was blowing smoke. No sound; it was shooting blanks. Oh, ha, word-play. Hello! My thoughts carried on like this for a while. Hours, or minutes. I don’t have a watch, so I shouldn’t tell with any s...
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