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Submitted to Contest #334
My syndrome may be down, but my alert is always up! That's what I told Big Mama to let me walk to work. I am always, and I mean always, alert.Not tonight though. Big Mama said I shouldn't be working the night shift at the supermarket because I'm too easy a target for the ghetto wolves, the neighbourhood thugs. She was right. They got me y'all. They put me in the back of their car, knife to my throat and a pillowcase full of money on their lap. We're driving to my house now so they can rob me more. Big Mama is going to kill me. I started my ...
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