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Submitted to Contest #90
The seat is slowly warming under me, I feel the worn plastic scraping against the thick coat that envelops me as each twist and turn of the tracks sends me listing in a certain direction. The bubble of silence that surrounds me is broken when the train slides to a stop, reaching its next station. The once empty carriage fills with people, businessmen, and working women, elderly couples, and young reckless teens. The silence that surrounded me only moments ago is replaced by the busy chatter of life. Phone calls and hushed whispers, bubbling ...
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