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Submitted to Contest #283
Lucie and I are growing old. In the mornings, we discussed what we hated about our lives, and in the evenings, we drew large black Xs in the empty boxes on our Gotta Do list. We liked to do our discussing on The Common Green. There was usually a buttload of people hurrying about, late for their activities for the day, or late-middle-aged individuals strolling with a small dog following closely behind, and that day was no different. On that particular day, Lucie and I were lying on The Common Green. A lot of the time, we sat on th...
Submitted to Contest #256
I was spoiled with the luxury of choice. Ice cream or brownies for dessert? Swimming or running over the summer? Race for fun or seriously this time? Perhaps because I had all of these moments where I could casually decide my destiny, regularly met with a fork in the road, and harbored this freedom marred by a sprinkle of slothfulness, I did what any spoiled child may do: I let someone else decide for me. I incited a sort of Double-Slit Experiment type situation. By disregarding how my actions affected my future, I handed my destin...
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