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If My Shadow Could Breathe

If my shadow could talk, they’d say, “Let’s go for a walk.” If my shadow could grab me by the wrist, they’d take me miles away from the corner of my bedroom to the nearest convenience store. Or maybe to the park. The school’s playground sounds good too. So does the train station, because anywhere would be much better than the dark corner of my bedroom. But my shadow could not talk. They cannot make me get up and get out of my misery. Even when I’m not asking to be saved, even when I won’t play as the damsel in distress, why can’t my shad...

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