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Submitted to Contest #54
It always happened as her birthday month loomed closer. Mbali would do a series of rewinds in her mind as she thought back to the years that had gone by. The thoughts were hardly ever reminiscent of any cumulative successes or achievements, but rather of failures she had encountered. The could haves, may haves and should haves all sang in unison for her. They sounded off tune. All of the things she could have grabbed hold of leapt out from within the darkest corner of her mind. The lights had gone off there a long time ago and the circuit se...
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