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Submitted to Contest #287
My landlord almost blew a gasket when he came by with the lease renewal forms and saw the stacks of ‘donate’ boxes behind me, but I’d rather sacrifice my first unborn child than live in this place another year. Sewage bubbled up through my sink disposal at least once a week, the kids next door never stopped fighting over the remote, and the rotting floors threatened to buckle. It would be different if my neighbors bothered to learn my name, but they pretended to look for their keys in the urine-scented halls as I waved...
Submitted to Contest #262
I rushed down the aisle brushing my arm up and down to warm up the nearly frozen limb. Despite the cold in here, it was still blazing outside. I scanned the blue pints of ice cream behind the frosted glass searching for the one with my favorite movie producer on it, but came up empty. This was not happening. Not today. I dug in the freezer, a cold rush blasting me as I pushed aside the pint after pint. There had to be another one. A small chuckle came from next to me and I looked around, spotting the tall, tattooed man....
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