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Lifetime of Coming Second

Written by Colm Liddy
Read by Michael Jenn
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Xylon comes second every bloody year in the debating competition in Athens. Then Socrates announces he is to retire from the contest.

© 2009 Colm Liddy
From the short story collection 40 Fights Between Husbands and Wives published by Penguin Ireland

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