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If You Can Keep It

A Short Story

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Tom Cosentino
Sep 12, 2022
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Alexander Boychov wondered how he became an old man. The years passed like the daily flow of strangers on the city’s streets. They were all strangers because he was afraid to make any eye contact with anyone that could be misconstrued as a conspiracy, because there was always someone willing to report a crime, eithe…

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