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Submitted to Contest #98
I came out to my dad yesterday. A southern boy, growing up in Kansas, he'd worked in the fields since he was six. His dad beat him with a whip whenever he misbehaved. He went to church weekly but prayed daily. He'd briefly gone to school, but had dropped out when money was tight. And now, he was single, my mom having left him when I was four. I've been in love with her--Maria--for a few years. Ever since my crush on her began in sixth grade, I'd known that I'm gay. I'd never have thought that she was, too. And especially not that she liked...
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