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Those last lines, so effective. I want to quote them but I don't want to spoil it for others.

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Same!

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Thank you both!

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Brilliant choice to set this in such a tight space, that claustrophobic sense of life closing in and limiting your choices. The pigeons work so well as a foil, just doing their thing, living life with no expectations, no worries.

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Yes, agree! Brilliant choices.

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Thank you both again, thank you, thank you!

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Reading this again. Really powerfully observed and sober.

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Thank you for coming back and leaving such a kind comment!

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This was a wrenching, heartbreaking read. You so powerfully conveyed her anxieties and confusion and struggle, all while creating an atmosphere of a woman living in a tower of fear -- with only a pair of pigeons to keep her company. The starkness of this piece moved me.

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Thank you!

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