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Submitted to Contest #250
The string orchestra plays softly in the background as I stand listening to the diplomat in front of me.I’ve already embarrassed myself twice tonight by stating that North Korea “doesn’t have the guts to bomb us” and telling the prime minister of Canada that “poverty is a conspiracy”. I’m what my cousin Luke calls an “embarrassment of Biblical proportions” and what normal people call uncivilized. I’m not even supposed to be here tonight, but Luke couldn’t get anyone else to go with him. You’d think as the Attorney General of the United State...
Submitted to Contest #202
Another night draws over the small town of Alba, rainy and cold. The residents are all either snug in their homes or bundled up and about their business on the dimly lit streets. All except one. Shivering against the cold wind, he pulls his threadbare blanket tightly around his shoulders and presses his back against the brick wall. The pedestrians pass by, unaware, or uncaring, of his presence. He sniffs as a well-dressed businesswoman strolls by and she glances at him disdainfully. Sighing, he stands up and slowly ste...
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