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Submitted to Contest #315
Birthdays are very funny. A day to remember the day you were born. People fawn over you like a dove or chicken recently born, waddling out of your nest two-legged and scared.But after a while, birthdays grow old. You know just how you are growing old. And at times you lose your composure and feeling of what it's like to be a child. The joy and happiness turn to gloom as you spit in the dirt—another day, another dollar."The truth is I don't want to be treated special. Or to receive a birthday gift because, well, I just don't deserve it. A par...
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