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A Long Way from Sunny California by Sophia de la Torre

As the every day man woke up in the early morning, he knew it was too early. As he peered out the window, he did not know this because of the dew on the grass or the fact that the sun had just rose, he knew this for this was the moment he was to be awake at. The simple moment when the world was peaceful and tranquil, nothing to disturb it, no one outside except the lilies he looked out upon. He woke this early in the morning just to get this one glimpse of the world, the one that changes lives, for there was no war nor fighting, everything had a place and everything was in that place, just as the great lord had intended.

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