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Submitted to Contest #314
I always said Texas heat could melt your mind clean off the bone… It started with the cicadas. That’s how I knew something was wrong. Not because they were loud—they’re always loud come July—but because they never stopped. Not at night, not even when the sun dipped low to duck from its own burn. They droned on like the whirr of a machine that someone forgot to turn off, and once I heard it, I couldn’t unhear it.That was the first week I started keeping the blinds closed. My son, Davis, said I was being dramatic. But what would he know? He’s ...
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