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Submitted to Contest #206
TW: Mentions of abuse, violence, and suicide. The old man laid flat on his back. Up and down, phlegm caught in his throat, his chest heaved, pushed breath through the tube of his c-pap machine. Outside, the darkest hour before dawn, still the grainy film of night's shadow hummed in the air, all gray. The thick drapes hung over the sole window, parted just barely. A weak ray of silver dripped out into the brown carpet; Maybe the moon, more likely a street lamp or a neighbor up busy, far, far too early. It was not enough to break...
Submitted to Contest #191
it's raining. the rain is light and sparse, but the droplets are thick, and when they plink on the ground they splash. it's a pretty, early spring rain. puddles collect in the divots in the concrete. the streets become slick. the trees drink their fill. it's a warm rain. it's falling from a purely white sky. there are two strangers sitting on a park bench. the first raises an umbrella to shield his perfectly coiffed hair. he wears a long overcoat and a big silver watch on his left wrist. he checks the time. the other stranger is lo...
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