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Submitted to Contest #48
MY(SUPER) HERO What? Me? Worry? I was born in 1943 in New York City housing projects with that worry gene- no one knew about genes then- but do not know why me. Maybe it was the threat of the big war. Bomb shelters and signs for them all over. Ration cards talked about. Maybe it was because my father was drafted and my family constantly worried about him being sent overseas. Maybe money and poverty. Maybe who knows why? As a tiny thing, I’d sit and twirl my curly h...
Submitted to Contest #43
1953-I AM ABOUT TEN YEARS OLD… It is an early Saturday morning, maybe 10 a.m. At ten years old, freckles cover my face and my red curls spill over these freckles (which I hate) and over my eyes at this early hour. I am allowed to stay in my nightie, the one trimmed with lace and flowers, the one that flares out from under my still invisible breasts. My feet are bare. I am sitting on a little stool, which my father made, and I am about 6 inches from the TV set, usually not allowed since I might go blind. This is what ...
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