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The Girl at the Side of the Road
by Peggy Duffy
Sunday, March 21, 2004

Rated "PG" by the Author.

       
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     I spotted her when I rounded a bend. She was by the side of the road, in the shadow of trees which line old Route 19, a slow narrow route into town. The road itself has swelled and cracked so many times as to be beyond repair. I use it as a shortcut because there are no traffic lights and no real traffic to speak of. The tree branches overhead have grown so close, their leaves an awning from the hot sun.

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