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The Blue Spark

Claire Chen

Submitted to Contest #292

Depression. Sadness. Discontentment. All of these emotions and more of the type can be found on Velos, everywhere and anywhere. That is because there are no other emotions. Not in this godforsaken world, anyway. I come back to my senses, accidentally knocking over a cardboard box near my elbow. As the cloud of thick grey dust settles over the disorganized attic, I cough, clearing my throat of the puffy substance of time, loneliness and nostalgia. A white light filters in through the black tinted windows, monochrome like everyth...

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