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Damn Pink Book

Karen Lee

Submitted to Contest #291

I left early enough. I want to be at the Writer’s Center at least thirty minutes before my reading. Traffic's moving slowly. I might be late. I got the feeling in the pit of my stomach. I’m always late no matter how hard I try. I couldn’t see what was up ahead of me so I didn't know what was holding up the traffic. The car in front of me turns and I can see there's a fire truck parked on the side of the road. The fireman is opening a fire hydrant. About 100 kids are standing on the street waiting to get to be sprinkled from the fire hy...

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