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Weekly Contest #69
Trigger warning: child abuse Dewinton, 1990 My parents weren’t the same as other parents. They didn’t take us to school or buy us clothes. Mom didn’t pack our lunches or read us bedtime stories, and Dad didn’t play ball with us or mow the lawn. That’s what other kids said about their parents. Mom never really said anything, she just giggled. Dad was always swinging his wooden bat around. Mom laughed when Dad swung his bat around, and she laughed harder when it struck us. Stop moving around! He howled w...
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