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Submitted to Contest #31
The sharp scent of laundry detergent permeated the dingy room as Ali carefully measured her horded stash. ‘Almost out’ she thought with a brief sigh. She dumped it into the appropriate compartment and pushed it shut with her hip. The cycles emblazoned in her brain, she mechanically pushed the buttons, added the required coins and pushed start. The familiar sounds of the pumps and the water soothed her mind, and she pulled herself onto the counter to wait. The annoying tones of ‘I’m a Barbie girl’ shrilled and she rolled her ...
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