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Weekly Contest #272
It was just past 8 PM when the blackout hit again (or as we call it Dumsor). Another usual evening, another power failure. The moonlight, filtered through the rusted window bars, was the only source of light in the room. The sound of generators could be heard from neighboring houses, but in the boarding house, the only noise came from the quiet hum of the boys shifting and whispering in the dark. "Ah, chale e be like say this country no go ever fix this light off nonsene," Samuel muttered under his breath, sitting on his bed with his phone ...
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