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Submitted to Contest #206
They say death makes us narcissistic. Selfishly thinking about our own morality under the pretense of grieving for someone else, when will I be next? The thought played like a loop in my mind as I stood there in our brand-new kitchen and stared into the refrigerator. One hand held the door open, gripping it so tightly my knuckles started to resemble our sparkly white cabinets. The other was clutching my abdomen. Baby pink nails curled around a silky ivory dress in hopes of quelling the contents of my stomach to stay there. A decapitated ...
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