Astrid McKeller

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“Optimist” by Astrid McKeller

Submitted to Contest #227

“It’s all we have left,” she said, trying to hand him an aluminum soup can wrapped in a dirty t-shirt that had steam gliding off the top of it. Their voices were both gruff and slightly slurred from the exhaustion and the cold. Every word took work. “You first,” he said, waving his hand and refusing to take the can. She pursed her lips but obeyed, carefully sipping from the tin. She nearly smiled. He could see the flicker of it in her lips, but it didn’t reach full form. Mom had always joked that Alicia came out of the womb laughing, and ne...

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