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Submitted to Contest #268
He awoke that morning heavily burdened by what his father had announced at the dinner table the previous night. The words he spoke, though few, resonated within his mind, and their meaning embedded itself into his very flesh. He heard his father's tone as he spoke, could still see his poor mother's face contort as she processed their meaning, and could still feel his face made hot by what they entailed.He sat now on the edge of his bed as the glint of the morning streamed in through the thin drapery and made visible his solid frame. Many mom...
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