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Submitted to Contest #50
It was almost go time. He could feel his heart beating a little faster than before. It wasn't that this was the first time he had done this, he had been before a audience before. This was different though, more personal. He mentally sifted through his notes. Football, check, fishing, check, wedding, check check. Everything had to be in synchrony, in order. In speeches before his business associates in the past, he may have skipped over a word here and there, or changed a few specifics, but not this time, not this speech. This speech would be...
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