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Submitted to Contest #80
My name is Johnson Swart and I never thought that I would be up here on this stage. This stage is something I dreamed of as a child and I never thought I would be here, yet here I am. I can hear the crowd, I can hear their excited voices, but what if I don't live up to what they expect? What if I don't say the right things or stumble and they think me to be a fraud? I can't mess up and I can't back down now. I take my breath and look up at the skies, hoping my ancestors are looking down on me proudly. I step onto stage and I hear...
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