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Submitted to Contest #47
Ever since you were a kid, you had dreamed of owning your own house. You relished the image of your adult self striding confidently up a set of painted wooden stairs to a beautiful home. Your dream home was warm and welcoming. You would have a garden that wasn’t the biggest on the block – a testament to the area your new home was in – but was respectable. Your home had a nice backyard with a pair of oak trees that were the perfect space for you to string up your hammock and spend an afternoon with a book. Your bedroom would reflect the energ...
⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #21
A dirty white rag moving counterclockwise on a mahogany brown table. An image so well-ingrained in my head that I would often catch myself wiping down these same tables in my dreams, night after night. 40 years in the business and there were a number of things that I would never forget: the smell of beer mixed with the cleaning solution, the specific songs on the jukebox that played over and over each night, the crack of pool balls, and the warm ring of laughter. These days, some of those things were more common than others. The beer and cle...
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