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Submitted to Contest #50
“Let’s get married.” I turn towards the voice only to find my lifelong friend, Alfred, standing in the doorway to my room. His bouncy locks of blonde hair have long ago turned into flat pieces of steel, and his young tan face is covered with wrinkles from age. His once straight mature posture is now slouched from years of hard labor and medical conditions. The young bachelor that I once knew is now an old man that has suffered. “Come again?” I ask, my shaky voice echoes through the room. He walks towards me. He’s dressed in a blue b...
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