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Submitted to Contest #163
Is facing death up to interpretation? Hear me out. Let’s say I owned a convenience store and was robbed at gunpoint. I think we can agree that If that were to happen and I was not killed, that I would have survived a life threatening experience. And if, for example, I were so petrified at the sight of a gun held up to my face that I soiled my pants or vomited across the counter, no one could blame me. Because after all, my life was on the line! But what if it later was discovered that the gun was fake? Is my story no longer harrowing? Have...
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