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Weekly Contest #73
Marie was staring at the shoebox before her. Her now ex-boyfriend had handed off the bird to her, too cheap to have actually paid for a real gift. He had decided to go forth and capture a bird, giving it with a bow on top. The idiot hadn’t even put airholes on the box- thank sweet baby Jesus that the poor thing hadn’t been in there long. “What? I thought it would be romantic! And it was like that song, right? ‘Marie just felt blessed just to listen- ‘” “Maria. The girls name was MARIA. And… God Andrew… are you so thick?! It’s a wild animal...
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