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Weekly Contest #103
I glance out the picture window to the open-air mall, crawling with people. They are shuffling along the bricked avenue under the intensity of the Colorado sun, seeking out the shade afforded to them from the large trees that grow along the interior walkways. Locals, dressed in the fashion of yoga-class-meets-nature-hike, stride past with purpose. They are easily discernable from the meandering groups of tourists going from store to store, yearning to spend hard-earned cash on over-priced clothing and artsy trinkets. I sigh, the pit in ...
Weekly Contest #102
The cool late-autumn air snaps in my face, stinging my eyes, and cracking my lips as I stand in the empty street. Abandoned houses line the edge, in varying degrees of disarray, dilapidation and vandalism. I pull the white cashmere scarf higher, tucking my stinging chin into the soft warmth, then slip my fingers in the pockets of my camel-hair overcoat. Memories come to me: hot summers spent cooling in the neighbor’s yard, wet grass blades clinging to our feet and ankles as we leapt over a solitary sprinkler or chasing t...
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