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Weekly Contest #360
It is a well known fact that everything with a will to live is destined to die. Being able to accept or not accept that fact will never change it's certainty. I have been alive for 22 years, but simultaneously, I haven't. Nothing I did or said achieved what I wanted. I don't know if I wanted anything at all. I never wed anybody, never became a Father or a Grandfather, never considered pursuing a "dream job". But I think, if I was to be granted a second chance at life, if I could do it all over just once, I would choose to live truly. Find so...
Our story began during a scorching summer in the mozzie-infested, outback town of Alice Springs. I just got off the Stuart highway, seeking out a place to crash for the night. Pax was barking obnoxiously from the back of my ute – typical. “If ya keep that up, you’ll be sleeping out ‘ere for a week” I’d said to him, but he was a stubborn collie. I took the chain from the trailer and whistled the rowdy dog along, following the concrete path towards a sign reading, ‘MOTEL – ROOMS AVAILABLE!’. There was a mustard Ford Cortina parked out front. W...
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