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New Autumn

Sarah Porter

Submitted to Contest #63

CW: Mentions of suicide, anger management issues. By the time I stepped outside, the leaves were on fire. I had only caught glimpses of the upcoming equinox during my six month stay at the Cedar Crest Residential Treatment Center: nurses shaking off wet umbrellas in the lobby, my psychiatrist meeting me with fallen green leaves stuck to his shoes. With no windows— that would be a hazard to us, after all— in the facility, these small clues of autumn were the only evidence of this literal change of scenery. My view, however, had not chan...

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