Brendan Corbett

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“Mary” by Brendan Corbett

Submitted to Contest #60

Looped cord pulled tight against the man’s shoulders. The padding in his jacked puffed around the taut rope, fabric bursting from persistent pressure. Wrinkles creased his eyes and brow, brought on not by age but from weariness of living in the remains of the world. Still he wore a broad smile. His joyful look seemed entirely unreasonable amidst the city ruins. Ash and dust coated the drab rubble, with scarcely any sign of life in the long abandoned metropolis. Not even a single bird sang to alleviate the uncomfortable silence. The ropes l...

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