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Kirsten Daniel

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Submitted to Contest #23

The sky is a dull gray color. No shading. No highlighting. Kind of like the wisps of hair on Nonna's head. When I was younger, I thought the snow was some kind of magic that canceled school. Spending so much time taking care of Nonna has kind of crushed that outlook. Like the branches that fell from the ice storm last week and are still littering her yard. Ugh. I grab my keys from the ignition with one hand and thread my fingers through the four or five plastic bags in the passenger seat with the other. My breath makes white cloud puffs…. “...

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