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Beautiful Luck

September 4, 2017 3 Comments

Beautiful Luck

By Ben Sixsmith

If I had been tired. If I had met different friends. If I had drunk another beer. If I had drunk another shot. If I had sat somewhere else. If I had been feeling bad. If the bar had closed. If I had gone home.

If you had had other plans. If you had been working late. If someone had called you up. If you had gone somewhere else. If you had been bored. If you had been cold.

If we had not seen each other.

If we had not spoken.

If we had not won the game of table football.

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  1. Ella Syverson says

    September 4, 2017 at 8:17 am

    Clear, simple, makes me smile.

    Reply
  2. GetintoPC says

    September 9, 2017 at 10:40 am

    its intresting article

    Reply
  3. GetintoPC says

    September 9, 2017 at 10:41 am

    If we had not seen each other.

    Reply

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