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A. Vaughn

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How Many Choices does a Can of Chicken Noodle Soup Cost?

Submitted to Contest #159

I stared at the blazon red of the Campbell’s label and tried to ignore the rumble in my stomach. If I bought the soup, it would have been worth the right to choose to linger a little longer and steal a few moments with my grandmother after my cousins left the potluck on Saturday. Sadly, inflation had made the act of grocery shopping a joke. Evan didn’t want to come with me, saying he spent too many Choices the night before with his work buddies. Then he promised to pay me back.      I caught a glimpse of a chip in...

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