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Submitted to Contest #100
Flour coats my hands, buries itself under my fingernails, and creates a gritty texture where it has somehow gotten into my mouth. That was the awful thing about baking. Or at least my baking. No matter how hard I tried, the ingredients just wouldn't stay inside the bowl. It always managed to get on my face, in my hair, and in every crevice of my body imaginable. It was like glitter, I could never seem to get all of it off at once. "Would you mind being more careful next time you bake?" A voice startles me out of my thoughts, and I look t...
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