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Submitted to Contest #155
TW: Suicide, mental health, language There was very little blood, but to hear him tell it, he narrowly escaped with his life. The enormous, bright green bandage wraps entirely around his tiny arm. I have normal-sized Band-Aids in the bag, but Joe won’t even consider them. “Five more minutes, Joe,” I say, interrupting the retelling of his harrowing two-foot fall and subsequent scratch. He and the other boys race back to the swings. I recheck my watch. Rose lays a gentle hand over my wrist, “It will be fine,” she says. I search her face f...
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