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Submitted to Contest #297
Summer, 1995Who ever thought my first love affair would occur in what we called the jazz shack—a once-proud open air chapel in the middle of the forest that Boy Scouts had repurposed with makeshift plywood walls? I also never imagined it would be with a piece of music, but that is truth. It's possible to fall head over heels in love with a melody. For me, it was I’ll Remember April, that ballad made famous by Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and countless jazz legends.The wind blew right through that chapel's gaps, carrying with it an assortm...
Submitted to Contest #296
His eyes fixed on her face, the smooth elasticity of youth peering back at him. The corner of her mouth rose slightly, the wrinkle near her left eye let him know her smile was genuine. The gleaming glass towers of the financial district loomed around them, casting long shadows across the plaza where junior analysts scurried between meetings. He'd watched promising talents come and go for twenty years in this cutthroat investment firm—most crushed under the weight of ambition and naivety. It hurt that she was happy to see him. He'd never mean...
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