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Submitted to Contest #52
I was sitting on the porch waiting for my father. I heard my brothers and sister begging him not to take me, I had no idea where they were protesting me not to go. I sat there with my red headed knock off barbie doll. Her hair was long and thick like my hair and just as knotty. I wished I had the same vibrant blue dress and silver shoes to match instead of the dirty dungaree shorts, stained yellow blouse and hand me down sneakers that appeared to blend in with the sidewalk. It seemed that my father knew when I was just about to move f...
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