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Submitted to Contest #202
She moves apologetically, as if she is sorry for the space she inhabits in the world. Her steps are slowly measured, her back bent like a comma, the pause of an unfinished thought. Her stature speaks of age, but she does not appear to be an old woman. She seems simply beaten down by circumstance, her life nearly half over and the remaining years stretching before her like a dirt road with no visible end. As the wind blows her way, I hope it will bring with it a reason for her to stand taller. Hope. It is never much bigger...
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