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Home, or a few things I know for sure

Jing Jing
Jing Jing
Nov 7 · 2 min read

I am five and our car crashes into a walk signal
in the downpour on the way to swim class.
Someone calls 911 and I cry in the backseat because
they will take my mom away even though she tells me
it’s an accident but that’s what police do I say

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