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Weekly Contest #342
This story begins with the day I was born. This is not your usual day of birth. On this day, I am 41 years old. I’m in a gay bar in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. As I stand in the crowd at the bar waiting my turn to order a drink, I feel out of place. ‘I am not in my 20s anymore…or my 30s’, my mind rudely reminds me. Should I even be here? Leo and Mark are ahead of me in line. I just met them earlier this evening, but they treat me as a friend they’ve known for years. Mark looks back and sees me, then yells over the noise, “what drink do yo...
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