Marin McLaughlin

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“Lingering Connections” by Marin McLaughlin

Submitted to Contest #287

There is something about the scene in a coffee shop. Is it the potent smell of burnt espresso that lingers on your clothes long after you are gone, or the ever present collision of emotions flowing through the air? There’s a sense of calm amidst the coffee shop chaos that somehow provides an escape route to everyone that enters. A place anyone can go to escape, reflect, or dream. Observing the flow of people, I can’t help but wonder if this is how everyone felt at twenty—blissfully overwhelmed by their big aspirations, that at one poin...

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