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Weekly Contest #348
Contains multiple sensitive themes: References to childhood abuse and neglect, animal abuse and neglect, and substance abuse. Holt sits on a railroad tie, head in his hands. This spot holds the memory of his last visit; he felt too grown to be seven, too worn out, much as he did right now. He often returns to this old piece of timber that sits at the edge of an abandoned basketball court. An aged, rusty hoop is missing its net. The surrounding concrete is split and broken. He recognizes something of himself in it. Time always brings him back...
Weekly Contest #347
Letha looks up, through the center of an apple tree, old man’s beard hanging all around her, at the sky alive with nature. She squints at the brightness and holiness of the sunlight-filled sky. The wild birds cawing, chattering, and keee-arrring as they swirl about on edge. There’s a mix of some of the most intelligent and powerful - hawks, crows, ravens, and rooks. Letha always thought they were the closest and most holy of creatures to Aletheia - the Goddess she is in these lichen-coated trees hunting. NOT hunting exactly. Searching ...
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