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Submitted to Contest #39
 ‌Grandfather‌ ‌never‌ ‌spoke‌ ‌much.‌ ‌His‌ ‌pride‌ ‌in‌ ‌life‌ ‌was‌ ‌simplicity,‌ ‌the‌ ‌notion‌ ‌of‌ ‌having‌ ‌little‌ ‌and‌ ‌needing‌ ‌less,‌ ‌of‌ ‌stark‌ ‌enjoyment‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌littlest‌ ‌of‌ ‌treasures.‌ ‌He‌ ‌was‌ ‌a‌ ‌quiet,‌ ‌indifferent‌ ‌man,‌ ‌coarse ‌and‌ ‌worn‌ ‌as‌ ‌the‌ ‌bark‌ ‌of‌ ‌an‌ ‌oak,‌ ‌with‌ ‌comfort‌ ‌just‌ ‌the‌ ‌same.‌ Grandfather‌ ‌always‌ ‌took‌ ‌great‌ ‌pleasure‌ ‌in‌ ‌his‌ ‌life,‌ ‌plain‌ ‌as‌ ‌it‌ ‌was.‌ ‌‌ Each‌ ‌morning,‌ ‌he‌ ‌rose‌ ‌with‌ ‌the‌ ‌fresh‌ ‌dawn‌ ‌and‌ ‌brewed‌ ‌a‌ ...
Submitted to Contest #34
The days had blended, a sepia toned stream of rainy afternoons melded into the sting of hot coffee, wrapped in the scratch of a needle on vinyl and the sharp corners of a dog eared book. To one who endures solitude, this would have been a welcome escapade, but to her, it felt more... mundane. The hours were endless, a relentless stream of nothing, a foggy mist that was reeked of all the things it was missing. She had tried, as one does, to fill the hours with the novels that littered her bedroom floors and the sketchbooks stacked beside her ...
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