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Allie Redwood

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Raine and Alaska

Submitted to Contest #104

I watch intently as she undoes her shoelaces, her short, wavy, brunette hair cascading down around her face like a chocolate fountain. Her nimble fingers move slowly until she frees he foot from her converse. I gradually sit up, catching the attention of Raine. She eyes me through long lashes and a minuscule smile tugs at her lips, the corners of her mouth raising up as she gazes towards me fondly. Without my eyes leaving hers, I lean back and place my palms down either side of me. The warmth of the setting sun lands on my face ad it seem...

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One for Sorrow

I’m sitting on a bench at the empty train station when a magpie hops along the train tracks. It doesn’t make a sound as it does so, as if it thinks the whole world is asleep at this early hour and is afraid of waking everyone up. It’s my only source of entertainment as I waste endless minutes waiting for my train, which has been delayed. Keeping my eyes trained on the bird, I blow cool air into my steaming drink before taking a cautious sip, the scalding liquid tingling on my taste-buds and warming my insides for just one, relieving second...

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