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Weekly Contest #43
I stood behind the counter watching everyone in the diner eat their food. The old man, Stan, was drinking his black coffee by his usual seat by the window; the single dad and his daughter were taking 30 minutes like always trying to decide what to eat; the newly-weds were eating their breakfast without even looking at each other. No one in this town looks at each other. Sometimes I don’t think they’re people. They seem more like black shadows tied here and to their daily habits for reasons unbeknownst to me. The chime of the of the bell pull...
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