Amanda Averell

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“At least I tried” by Amanda Averell

Submitted to Contest #18

I’ve been here before. I’ve played this game. With gusto, my feet hit the pavement, it feels slippery. It’s a gray, misty November day. Not cold enough to frost the windows of my car, but cold enough to make those horizontal wires on my back windshield remind me of latitudinal lines. Oh, how I yearn for a warm beach near the equator, instead of being forced into this hellscape. I grab my supplies from the trunk. For this job, you need the right tools. I have my favorites I love to use, they’ve seen better days; blood-stained, barely han...

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