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Creative Writing: The Coffee Shop

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The Coffee Shop

The empty coffee shop’s bells chimed as he walked through the door: a scrawny, short, and grumpy man of around eighty years, John estimated. The old man sat down, took off his hat, and peered out the window.
“Hello, sir, how are you this fine evening?” John inquired. No reply. Desperately trying to avoid the stinging silence, John spoke, “Would you like something to drink?”
“Coffee. Double-double,” was the response.
Outside the window, the man saw a group of schoolchildren frolicking about and was immediately reminded of his own childhood. What struggles and hardships had it been filled with! The man, whose name was Henry, was born in a quiet town consisting only of a few families. His parents worked diligently on the farm, earned a couple of bills, and supported their two sons as much as they could. Henry had been determined to stand out from his anonymous hometown. Although he was always compared to his older brother, who surpassed him in all ways, Henry had that drive to be someone worthy of praise and respect. His brother was somewhat of a show-off, a people pleaser, an overly confident young man who, to Henry’s discontent, seemed to have immense talents in everything.
Henry had always tried his best, but his parents would never pay attention to him. The living room was filled with his brother’s trophies, medals, and certificates, and Henry’s presence seemed to be waning away by the hour. Eventually, Henry’s determination dwindled away to nothing,

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