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Submitted to Contest #80
The morning air is filled with chaos. Ambulance sirens scream, firetruck horns honk and shouts of alarm seem to come from every direction. I sit frozen on the park bench, my fingernails biting into the green flaking wood. The swing careens wildly from where I abandoned it. No more laughter. The children all disappeared. All but me. Smoke billows overhead and I mistake the falling ash for snow until one falls gently to rest on my knee. I should be freaking out, but the noise cocoons this moment. A couple ru...
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