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Keira Jacobs

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I Was Never Supposed to Get Behind a Wheel

Submitted to Contest #112

I was never supposed to get behind a wheel. No one ever had to explain to me why. It’s just a general knowledge that comes with being deaf. I wouldn’t be able to hear cars approaching, or honking, or screeching to a halt. I consider myself lucky to not know what a screech sounds like. As my mother had explained it before, a screech is the feeling of a tough bristled brush rubbing against your cheek. Unpleasant, uncomfortable, and sickening.            So, there we have it. I was never s...

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