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Weekly Contest #347
Thunk. The shovel’s progress through the dirt ceases. It’s replaced by two soft hands scrabbling at the dirt. A finger nail bends, breaks, leaving a trail of blood. Undaunted by this, dirt is flung away to reveal a braided tan handle. The body belonging to the hands heaves itself out of the hole and then yanks and wiggles the handle. Years of decomposing unsurprisingly has affected it. One end breaks, leaving only one end of the rope barely hanging on to the metal surface it is attached to. The hands swipe sweaty hair falling out its ponytai...
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