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Chris Worland

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A Western Landscape

Submitted to Contest #119

“Listen, you just don’t get it do you?” Werner leaned over to make his point. “She’s seeing someone else.” “Don’t say that.” I interrupted. We were driving, speeding really, northbound on the sinewy Angeles Crest Highway, before sunrise. Visibility? Foggy, so not much. “But it’s true.” Werner said. “No, I mean don’t say listen.” The tires screeched. I had the hi-beams on but still struggled to make out the road through the morning mist. “Don’t say listen,” I repeated, “especially if you’re going to say something stupid after, like you just d...

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