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Submitted to Contest #287
The covered porch, shielding me from the pouring rain, was the only thing standing between me and completely losing it. I hadn’t meant to end up here. I don’t even know how I ended up here. I’d meant to walk straight into the street, into the blinding headlights, into the chaos that would finally make everything stop. But at the last second, my feet had betrayed me, dragging me toward the shelter of a stranger's porch instead. Coward. I stared at the rain splashing against the slick asphalt, vanishing as quickly as it landed. Cars blurred by...
Submitted to Contest #275
Time is taking its toll. The clock finally strikes eleven as Peter walks through the door shaking his soaked umbrella. Making his way past the parlor, he throws the umbrella against the wall but leaves the lights untouched. He casts his hat on the couch opposite him and drops his drenched coat on the floor. Peter begins skimming through his mail piled high on his desk. Reluctantly, he turns on a lamp beside him and rests in the confines of a nearby chair, humming a tune that quickly upsets him. Impatiently, Peter begins throwing each l...
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