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Submitted to Contest #240
Any Port in a Storm Sunlight slowly crept around the edge of the boat’s canopy to awaken me from a dreamless sleep. At first I thought I had crashed on my patio at home from a night of drinking but then recognized the gentle rocking of the boat I was in, gently rocking due to the wind being calmed. I was, in fact, in my boat not at dock in San Diego but adrift. My boat, a thirty three foot sailboat that had been tested on the Pacific waters many times and a seaworthy vessel that I was proud to own, but what the hell had happened last night ...
Submitted to Contest #239
2/27/2024 A. R. Bergman My Shoes I looked down at my shoes in amazement, they had been with me for such a long time. They kept my feet warm and dry and they never wore out... they grew as I grew. I don’t know how this was possible but it was and I was grateful. My shoes were extra-ordinary. When I was a young boy, about to start my journey to my destination, my Father came to me and simply said, “You’ll need these.”, and gifted me a pair of beautiful shoes. I put them on, startled at how perfectly they fit and began down the ...
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