Connor Hickey

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“Melting” by Connor Hickey

Submitted to Contest #253

The ice cream is melting already. Melting from the moment it came out of the buzzing machine into the humid Floridian air. Melting even before the cashier can tell us to have a magical day. We dig at the drooping bits with our plastic spoons, trying to keep our swirls upright. We dart between the over-chlorinated pool and the stacks of hardwood balconies. The afternoon echoes with children’s splashes and screams. Tinny speakers twang with Hawaiian guitars. We pass the broad-leafed birds of paradise, and the pavement opens up to a flat expans...

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