Paula Morton

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“Oasis” by Paula Morton

Submitted to Contest #239

The boy walked on. The sand rained down, a fine powder that coated his skin and turned it from black to gray. Behind the dingy sandclouds, he could feel the sun’s heat as it climbed its invisible ladder. Sweat trickled down the boy’s forehead in ebony streaks that were quickly covered again with the sand-mist. As he walked, he examined his gray arms and legs, his bare feet tipped with gray nails. My name is Gray, he thought, watching his feet alternate, left, right, left, right. Had he ever had another name? He tried but couldn’t remember. ...

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