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Jacinth Tojong

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The Bench

Submitted to Contest #231

My eyes shoot open, ears ringing from the blaring, siren-like sounds coming from my phone that beckon me out of my dream state where everything was perfect and right and blissfully blind. I scramble to turn off the alarm, desperate for peace and quiet, when I realize I didn’t need to set it in the first place. It’s New Year’s Day, a Monday morning. The office is closed. Wonderful, I think, an entire day to throw myself a pity party. Great start to the year. I’m summoned out of bed by Finn (or Huckleberry Finn when he’s being bad and prancin...

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