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Weekly Contest #370
What Time It Smells LikeI lift one foot from the pavement and wait.A car passes. Then another.I have become cautious about crossing streets. Not frightened exactly, but respectful of everything that might make me fall: a pothole, a badly placed stone, a driver who has decided that the three seconds I require to cross belong to him.I step forward.A car approaches faster than I would like, and without thinking I raise my hand toward the driver.Slow down.The gesture makes me smile.It is my mother's hand.Not literally, of course. Mine has rings ...
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