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Weekly Contest #238
I think I’m autistic. The thought rages like a hurricane in my mind, a frenzied, feral beast on a terrified rampage. I imagine it with horns and giant talons and hot, sour breath, puffing out in clouds of green smoke. My mom sits next to me in the driver’s seat, tapping her thumbs on the wheel. I wonder briefly if she’s mad at me for something, if the night didn’t go the way she’d planned, if I should have accepted her offer and ordered a drink at the bar. I give the beast a top hat and a bow tie to make it less scary. “That was really fun,”...
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