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Submitted to Contest #259
Trigger warning: Implied sexual violence and language Just close your eyes and wait. It can’t last long. It will be over just as soon as it started. Just keep reminding yourself of that. It will be over soon. Distract yourself from what is happening to you if you can. Think of anything else. But what? What could possibly distract you in this moment. It will stain you for the rest of your life. You will never escape the haunting lifelong trauma that you have become saddled with mere minutes. I crawled myself up in a ball on my bed. My fa...
Submitted to Contest #160
Magan; The Provider Of Refuge By: Allie Garbini Somalia, 2009 In a desert town in Somalia, there are 8 families, all of which are over 70. All of their children, and grandchildren either died in the drought and famine, or went to fight in the civil war and were never heard from again. In a desert town in Somalia, there are 200 families, and a large fountain in the middle of the town. The lives of the families depend of the fountain. Water is life, life cannot thrive without water. It dies. M...
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