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Submitted to Contest #314
It was the hottest day of the year so far, a Friday. All I wanted was to submerge myself in water. Preferably an ocean or lake but anything, even a bathtub, would do.As I walked toward home which sadly was a penthouse apartment on the sixth floor of a tenement walkup, I considered renting a hotel room for the night just so I didn’t have to face those stairs. They were a trip under the best of circumstances, like, cool weather, but on a day like today, when just standing still in one spot caused teeming perspiration, it was almost impossible ...
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