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Submitted to Contest #215
The moon is swollen, fat, round, and full. It lazily drips, like molten chocolate, a glaze of silver upon the dark forest. I sit at a cliff's precipice at the top of raggedy Millers Peak, tucked amongst reddish thorn bushes that scratch at my arms, leaving raised red scratches. I’m staring down at the flickering firelights of the small town. A sigh escapes my pursed lips without my permission, my state doleful as I sit alone while the United Colonies live, drumming like the heartbeat of a living thing below me. The colonies here, they're s...
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