The birds were the first sign

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An- Short story based on my morning

The buzzards circled the building
Their knarled beaks sqawking open in laughter
Their long claws curled around the lip of the building

Well fine the first sign was the cloud of nerves that hovered over me that morning

The sickening feeling that left me poking at my breakfast

And well.. the "buzzards" were actually crows and Canadian geese
Their voices echoed over the courtyard

Peoples heads tilted up to see the sight

The concrete scraped at my shoes and I kicked at a small pebble.
An in perfection like me. Any bumps or groves smoothed out but still sticks out from the mold of society.
I'm free
But different

I meet up with my friends
A huddle of people under and old pine tree.
I don't speak
I don't say a word
Because they won't care anyways

"How's your morning?"
A shrug
I watch their conversations outside my body.
Floating just out of reach to care.

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