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Submitted to Contest #27
My day starts off with a coffee at our local brewery. Most people make a big fuss about only drinking coffee from big-name brands, but most people in our quiet little village would not drink from these big corporations if their lives depended on it. At least, they would not admit it if they did. I ordered my usual, a black coffee, grabbed a newspaper, and sat in a corner facing the door with the restrooms behind me. I merely scanned the headlines, never reading more than a few sentences into the articles. Instead, I focused my time on study...
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