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Weekly Contest #27
The afternoon of July Fourth was moist and sticky. Outside, in Mike and Debbie’s backyard, the heat was like a steam iron pressed against bare skin. Inside, in the air-conditioned kitchen, the men sat around the table in tee-shirt and shorts, drinking, smoking, patting their bellies. The women sat around the table in shorts and modest tanks tops, drinking, smoking, lazily fanning themselves with bare open hands. Phyllis and Jen sat with their backs to the wall, Jimmy and Debbie directly across from them; Chuck was in Mike’s seat at the head ...
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