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Baggage Claim

№ 7 of 💯 — There’s no place like home

Photo by Alexander Nrjwolf on Unsplash

A tide of people swells outside the doors leading to immigration. Hired drivers hold signs for otherwise anonymous businessmen. Somebody’s mom clutches 3 Mylar “welcome home” greetings. She keeps looking at her watch, making the balloons bob up and down like buoys.