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Submitted to Contest #264
Contains brief mentions of sexual violence, trauma, and strong language. Please keep yourself safe. I can’t be trusted alone with my thoughts. They are constantly racing and tripping over each other, much like the way water trips and flows over the stones in a riverbed. “No one wants to buy a car that’s been used, abused, and around the block. They want something shiny and new,” The words my mother had always said to me were ringing in my ears. I remember being confused, not fully understanding the not-so-thinly veiled metaphor my mother...
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