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Submitted to Contest #112
Driving, wheels against the winding path slowly uncurling against the heaving engine. Pavement unwinding like ribbon making its way back home. -- Hometown. It rang like church bells in already aching ears. The buildings seemed to grow with the years, color fading as each person slipped away. The windows, now tinted, and streets aged, became wise with time. Old alleys and stairways hunched over like an older person. The lawns that once held parties and concealed muddy footprints now overgrown with sprouting weeds and occasional trimmed ...
Submitted to Contest #111
Old Recipes She crushed her pills into her water and swallowed a swig before raising a dry hand to her moist lips. Her eyes darted to her daughter, standing tall on a bar stool stirring something in a bowl. Katey loved to cook and bake, a passion she seemed to just inhabit out of nowhere. Fingers dawdled over the shelf that held the cook books from generations ago, concealing recipes of many family favorites. Today she’d be cooking something simpler, something she’d love eating, but not so much for her mother, as nutrition ...
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