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Submitted to Contest #296
Ashes jerk in the wind, dusting the smoky campfire air around me. Not one trace of the icy blue water, the red-singed cheeks, or the infamous two-stroke boat is left. I swipe at an ember on my sleeve, snuffing out the burning pinprick on my cotton-white t-shirt. It leaves a tiny hole, but I don’t care. All I can concentrate on is that I can’t believe she’s gone. My childhood, my floating sanctuary, my favorite memory now ceases to exist outside my mind. A mind that one day will grow forgetful, and just like the windswept ashes, my memories w...
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