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Submitted to Contest #220
It's Saturday. It's one of those autumn weekends when Mum drops me off at Grandma and Grandpa's house. When the weather's nice, we play in the garden. What's more, at the beginning of the summer, Grandpa put a swing in there for me. Perfect for July, very average in October. Everything gets wet and the dead leaves stick to the seat. Besides, it's too cold for Grandpa to push me. As soon as the temperature drops, he can't stop complaining about his knee. I gather it's from a war injury. I asked what war was like and Grandpa showed me his rifl...
Submitted to Contest #218
Contains passages addressing medical conditions I was dozing off. I would have liked to sleep, to let myself be carried away by the rhythmic hum of the wheels on the tracks. But every time my eyes closed, reality pulled at my eyelids. Through the ringing of a phone or the passing of another train that made the whole carriage vibrate. Tired of struggling with this inexhaustible adversary, I surrendered my body to the train and wandered through the bucolic landscapes of southern France. My eyes skipped over fields, old farms with d...
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