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Last published Mon, Mar 23, 2015
The isolated breeze caressed his face while the ash in his lungs almost confided him. He stared on into the smoke, as the soot almost left him breathless. The once gorgeous house had taken it's last fall. In the distance, he could hear the sirens. They were coming, but the only thought in his mind was the disbelief that this had actually happened.
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