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Submitted to Contest #79
I looked around the café noticing different families sat enjoying a warm beverage on this rainy day. The music reminded me of lift music, lyric-less and slightly irritating. Children were screaming and crying due to boredom and not being able to run free like they would at the park. I noticed a lot of fathers sat with their children talking to them about who knows what. I looked across the table at the slightly overweight man who was obsessively stirring his drink. I could smell the coffee beans from here, that was one thing we had in common...
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