Helen Barber

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“Ghost days” by Helen Barber

Submitted to Contest #53

The park was summer in its essence. In the shallow of the lake, reeds and cat tails – their fluffy head sticking out amongst the greenery – blew in the breeze, as swans and ducks and all manner of insects made their homes there. She watched this all from her hilltop, listened to the buzz of the flies with distant interest. Other groups milled about below her, laying in the dry grass beneath shady trees, or sitting with their bare toes dipped in the lake, but on the hilltop, she was alone, the wind washing away the killing heat of the midday ...

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