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Submitted to Contest #39
The boy was back again, standing outside the porch of the house, staring at the brilliant night sky. The house had not seen this particular boy since a summer long ago. No one had entered its walls since the boy had left. It was an empty ruin, a splinter bleached white amidst the dry fields of Illinois, happy to be forgotten. The boy was a man now, tall, his tawny hair curling around his ears. The first time he had walked the ancient floors, his head had barely reached the top of the dusty marble coun...
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