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Submitted to Contest #96
I stepped out my apartment door, the humid weather engulfing me. Just another day. I started down the sidewalk for my daily walk. While out I stopped at a local coffee shop. On my way back to my apartment, I bumped into a tall man. My coffee spilled down the front of us, slurs of apologies being said. “I am so sorry,” I bent down and picked up the coffee cup “I did not see you.” “No need to apologize, it happens to everyone.” He smiled down at me. “It happens to me too often,” I sighed, making him laugh “Well, I should probably go....
Submitted to Contest #10
I have always felt as though strings were attached, like I was life's marionette. My name is Ivy, and I’m fifteen. I have medium colored brown hair, hazel eyes, and two older siblings. I’m your typical, yet somehow, not typical fifteen-year-old. Since I was around four, I have had very present medical issues: heat strokes, chronic tonsillitis, and even a dormant form of epilepsy. Not only do I have all these medical issues, I have social problems as well. In Pre-K, I started being bullied for the why I smiled, the way my hair was cut, ...
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