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Diane Hayner

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Wishful Thinking

Diane Hayner

Submitted to Contest #73

" You are to provide entertainment by dancing for tonight's guests only, you are not to speak to or otherwise engage them in any other way ." The velvet edged voice rang out over those assembled beneath a tree whose branches were studded with leafs and vibrant peach colored flowers . " Do I make myself clear ? " Knowing their fate if they were to talk back or disobey her words those who had been chosen to entertain tonight lowered their gazes to the grass beneath their feet. She'd kept track of how long they'd been here on Malkah and she...

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