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Submitted to Contest #279
Gida lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, tracing her eyes from one panel to the next, back and forth, up and down. She knew the ceiling had 17 panels across and estimated it’s length to be about double it’s width. She studied this vision daily. The hands of a clock moved with each moment that passed, echoing dimly from the kitchen through the bedroom door. Gida shared a queen sized bed with her eldest daughter, and her son slept at the end of their bed on a blow up mattress. Between the tick of the clock and the ceiling above, Gida had more ...
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