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Submitted to Contest #50
Humans have coined the term “wings” for the sides of the stage. I've always questioned why. Why use a word that already has so many other definitions, to represent something completely different. But is it all that different? With what seemed like a million butterflies in my stomach, fluttering around aimlessly, I might just about understand why they were called “wings”. 'I've done this an uncountable amount of times.' This sentence was playing itself endlessly over and over again in my head. But something about this time just feels diff...
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