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Tick Tock

Eliza Cook

Submitted to Contest #297

A light breeze glides over Leslie’s face and a dark auburn curl tickles her nose, startling her awake. The breeze carries with it the sweet aroma of lavender. The scent infiltrates her system triggering a memory—her eleven-year-old hands, dark and smooth, are filled with rich soil from her mother’s garden. The smell of earth entwines with the lavender and both envelope her in a comfort almost equivalent to a hug.A speck inches down the side of her face and she reaches up to grab it, but the speck dissolves, leaving behind a bead of moisture....

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