Emily Earnest

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“A Final Apology” by Emily Earnest

Submitted to Contest #278

She sat at the table, her hands pressed flat against the carvings in the worn wood. Some were more distinct, yet some were hardly noticeable, worn from time or failed attempts to smooth them. So many hands had traced these marks as she had, lost in the patterns as she was now. She felt for initials of those hoping to leave a reminder of their existence etched in perpetuity, followed geometric designs and rudimentary sketches, and smirked at the jagged profanities dug in succession meant only as a means to pass the time. She...

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