short but sweet
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When the telephone was invented, the telegraph operators found they were out of work. The whole process started slowly, a few telegraph operators at a time laid off over the first couple weeks. The majority of them all gone, the last few were the longest there. And then, there was one. His name was Gerald,
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His skin simulator felt too tight. It trapped him inside, too tight in some places, too large in others, heavy with use and age, but he would give anything to be there, waiting to learn their language. He had heard all about it, tried to learn on his own planet, but something was missing. There
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Pink slip. I told them to fire me rather than my buddy who can’t speak his mind. They were gunning for him, but I couldn’t let them. He’s got a wife and a kid and another one on the way. I got nothing, but me myself and I. I had to do it. Now, I
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When the moon gets tired, she curls up in the clouds and takes a nap, the fluffy white leaving her dreams soft and gentle. What does she dream of? Perhaps the glorious sun and when he will notice her…