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Weekly Contest #336
I feel like that brown tarp in my backyard. It wants to flap and spin and dance in the wind, but it’s tied down so no one can get hurt. And so am I. I feel stuck in invisible ropes. I don’t know why we can’t do what we want. The tarp wouldn’t hurt anyone by flying away. It would just float off. And not putting your dishes in the sink doesn’t hurt anyone either. What if they just let me go? Just this once. I promise I won’t be a bad girl again. I never meant to be rotten anyway. I don’t even know what being “rotten” really is. But I know that...
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