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Submitted to Contest #8
The spiky morning chill cut through my jawline making my teeth grind like a woodpecker on a bark of a mahogany as I stretched out my joints after eight hours drive. The bus had reached Nairobi. Stepping off the bus, I dived into a nonchalant atmosphere laced with soot from hooting vehicles with revving engines threatening to speed off. Fresh warm sweat repelled my nose as I walked passed luggage carriers who scrambled over passengers. The bus stopped at railways bus station, from there I would turn left and head straight until I saw a buildi...
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