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Weekly Contest #275
In the distance I can hear the townspeople yelling to their God - begging His forgiveness for their perceived wrong-doings. I can smell the wood fire, and I know that soon a sulfurous odor will begin to mix with it, followed by the addition of iron and then that sickly sweet musk as the cerebrospinal fluid boils out from beneath the skin.. The smell will linger in the air for days unless a strong wind carries it away. The last time it was so thick you could almost taste it. It settled on everything it touched - in the pine branch...
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