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Submitted to Contest #211
I’m in the passenger seat of my mother’s white Honda Civic, half ready for school and beyond exhausted. I lift my leg up and place my foot on the dashboard to tie my shoe. Criss-cross, pull it under, tighten, bunny ears—I got used to it quickly, when I was a young girl. My brother still can’t tie his shoes, he’s twelve but his mindset is nothing but childish and inexperienced. That’s beside the point, anyway, I finish the first shoe and switch legs to tie the other. At this point, we’re pulling up to my school and I look up. My heart stops. ...
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