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Submitted to Contest #304
It was a hot summer day in central Texas. Norm stood at the front of his house awaiting the arrival of his friend, his best friend, Lee. Lee was late as usual and the heat was unbearable. It was time to go back inside and wait for the dogs to sound the alarm as had been the case his entire life, and for most of history before him. Closing the door, Norm resumed his ineluctable state of eavesdropping on the phone call of his mother, who was speaking with her sister about the state of their poor younger brother, Gig.“What the hell are we going...
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