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Weekly Contest #353
The sun was just starting to set behind the hill, and the lightning bugs and mosquitos were rising from the grass. Magic and mayhem, delights and bites, coming at you all at the same time. Nature’s reflection of the day I’ve had, I laugh to myself as I stub out my cigarette and put the butt back in the almost-empty pack. The little kids are running everywhere, chasing the fireflies and each other. The middle boys are sitting on the steps, hunched over each other’s preferred device. Older “boys” in lawn chairs are gathered around the fire pit...
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