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Submitted to Contest #309
Winter comes quickly in your eighties. The smell of damp flowers makes Ronnie sneeze, his chesty cough acting up. Most of the flowers have been left to rot, that doesn't help. A building patter of rainfall makes Ronnie feel every one of his eighty-two years, knees aching like rusty hinges in need of oil. Every step takes twice as long as it used to. “Buggered legs,” Ronnie grumbles. Best to get it out of his system now. Even with his glasses on he squints to see more than thirty feet away. A slight blur to everything in view. Pausing to catc...
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