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Submitted to Contest #207
The robin stuck to the truck’s grill like she belonged there, splayed like a ship’s figurehead. A decorative ornament. Artie squatted in front of it, stroked his chin like his grandfather, Ardal, for whom he was named, would have. He looked to the sky, ironically sunny and blue. “I’ve gone and done it this time. Killed it,” he said. He shook his head. “Not much I can do now.” Artie’s girlfriend, Janie, leaned out the window of his steel-gray pickup. “What’s that?”...
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