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Submitted to Contest #35
I'm rubbing my new satin ribbon in between my thumb and index finger. Mother said some ribbon around the hem of the puff sleeves was exactly what this old dress needed. It's a hand-me-down from my sister and the once snow-white fabric has become ivory with the years its waited for me in the closet.I've never been to a ball, but since I became sixteen years of age in February, Mother said I should be introduced into society as the tulips were reintroduced to our gaze. She's much too poetic for my taste.I keep telling myself to stop rubbing th...
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