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Submitted to Contest #298
"The Drain Cleaner" The stench always hit him first. No matter how many times he had gone down into the city's bowels, the reek always crept up his nose like an old memory that refused to fade. Alfredo pulled his mask tighter on his face, though by now it only served to trap sweat against his skin. The smell always won. "Still here, huh?" a coworker had said that morning as they were suited up in boots and rubber gear. Alfredo just nodded. He didn't speak much. Words had become a luxury. Thoughts, on the other hand, he hoarded - like voices ...
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