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Collage: Alphabet Soup

(c) 2016 Douglas Brent Smith
Alphabet Soup

This is both a collage and a creative writing prompt. For a time, I experimented with creating different versions of a collage using a copy machine to duplicate the base, and then making changes in it. Sort of like a very slow motion movie. Or perhaps an indulgence. It's fun. Enjoy.

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