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Weekly Contest #172
Trigger warnings: domestic abuse, swearing, mentions of gore and animal abuse. Dear ma, Sometimes, I wonder if I’m a sociopath, or if I’m just painfully apathetic. It seems like a cowardly move to write this now that you’re gone, but speaking to your ghost meant I didn’t have to face your disappointment. I know you tried your best, and it’s hard raising a child on your own, but I have no more excuses for you. In first grade, we had scheduled rotations to take home Judith, our class pet. Remember her? She was a small brown-spotted bunny...
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