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Submitted to Contest #148
*Content Warning: Mental Health and Substance Abuse*Apartment life can be noisy. Close proximity to others living their own timelines can lead to- misunderstandings. I was always taught to mind my own, to stay in my lane and let people figure out problems by themselves. No use sticking a clean nose into shit, my mother used to say between thick clouds of smoke, gnawed unfiltered camel hanging from her thin dry lips. It’s a good rule, keeps you on the straight and narrow and helps avoid trouble. I stuck to this rule even when I move...
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