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4pm, Early April
Waves of clouds, grey with dark edges, rolled by overhead,
heading East, left to right.

As shadows cross the strip mall parking lot,
two teenage girls sat next to each on a plastic bench,
hiding under the red awning of the Kinko's.

They were sharing a Camel, and
trying hard not to smile, as they were
pretending to be vampires avoiding sunlight.

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