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Weekly Contest #323
Step on a crack…break your mother’s back. That is how we got here-the idea that tiny things could destroy the people I love. I look down at my hands, violently scrubbing each other, for the fourth time. I wonder if she hears me. I scrub faster. Germs. I don’t want to contaminate my home, my baby, or my family. I scrub. Again. Hot water burns, but not enough. Five. Six. Seven. I count how many times I scour both sides. Ten. I look down at my hands, now turned bright red from the continuous scrubbing under scalding hot water. The sting feels l...
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