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Weekly Contest #63
By the time I stepped outside, the leaves were on fire. The autumn foliage that fell from the massive dogwoods outside were like hot embers drifting all around me in the late evening sun. I had failed to put out the cinders and ashes of my past vice in time and now I stood trembling like a hazardous structure fire ready to fall to pieces at any moment. I stood staggering and on my feet in waning strength and pushed my body in vain not to collapse. This dangerous fire which I kept close for warmth on those particularly cold days in isolation...
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