Ally Roeschlein

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“Cardboard Box” by Ally Roeschlein

Submitted to Contest #179

The line of people snakes and writhes through State Street. The cold bites through my gloves and pierces the joints around my fingers. I have no cigarettes.Luckily, I’m allowed to the front—I’m always allowed to the front.The bouncer doesn’t smile or nod. He just lifts the rope patched with electrical tape and lets me through. I push and weave my way through sweating bodies glittering underneath the blacklights. It smells like booze and body spray, and it’s only 10. That’s good.I press the code on the door, it greets me with a small “beep,” ...

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