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Regret
I freeze at the crossing, not because of the cold, but at how a stranger walks.
Even the musculature of her legs reminds me of Sandy. For a moment her profile ensnares my heart. Then she looks in my direction, questioning without expecting an answer. She doesn’t break stride.
We’d made a pact to run away together: escape doldrums and parental tyranny...to find adventure in The City. We’d agreed to rendezvous here. I’d been waiting more than an hour.
I set off alone, annoyed when her name escaped my lips; and admonished myself that I never really knew her.
From Guest Contributor Perry McDaid
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