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Weekly Contest #354
I was never fond of the ocean.My brother often went when he felt lonely or distraught. He said it calmed him listening to the pulse of the waves. “Just listen,” he told me. “You’ll find an answer there.” I tried for endless years. I waited in silence, or in uproar, and yet the same lapping was indifferent to my demeanor. I left with less patience than before, so I stopped going. I stopped going to a lot of things now that I think of it. Time passed with more sympathy than the sea. At least for a while.Words cannot express why I wandered down...
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