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Submitted to Contest #271
It’s been a long time since my childhood. After a while, the trauma caught up to me and made me forget so many things. I didn’t remember a lot, I’m sure I wouldn’t want to remember anything. All I remember was the cries I heard every night as my mother was repeatedly beat. I decided to forget the most I could, and I did that with drinking. I remember being invited to a party, it was winter and I wasn’t looking forward to it, but I decided it was better than staying in my empty apartment. When I got there, everyone seemed to have fun, enjoyin...
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