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Lauryn Gibson

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When The Dry Spell Ends or: The Myth of Maggie

Submitted to Contest #160

I first met Maggie in the summer before high school. I was schlepping across the quad, leaving my mother to buy textbooks and uniforms in my place as I went to check the thing I dreaded the most… my first ever class schedule. Knowing this was severely make-or-break only added to the pubescent anxiety, and the black clothing meant to shield me from the perception of my peers was working against me in the sweatiest way possible. Deep in my own thoughts and fears, I was not paying very close attention to others. Enter: Maggie. ...

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