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Weekly Contest #189
I leaned my head lower and lower into the bowl, slowly slurping the soup into my mouth. I don’t know why I held any decorum about it. I was starving, everyone knew I was starving. Why else would I be here if I wasn’t? But I continued to measuredly time the spoonful I raised to my mouth, keeping my eyes low. Purposefully avoiding the other bleary, lifeless eyes around me. It didn’t bring me much pride to admit that I recognized some of the downtrodden faces around me. I knew Sally came here every Wednesday because that was when the st...
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