Sarah Simpson

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“The Box” by Sarah Simpson

It’s just a box, a small, simple box.It’s hard to believe that something this innocuous can have the power to hitch my breath and make my knees weak. I sit on the grass, partly to regain a bit of composure, but also because I want to look inside it again. The box is lightweight but the contents inside weigh heavy on my mind, like an anchor, heavy and stationary. It’s pulling me down in the only direction it can go and together we sink deeper and deeper. I’m either going to get lost down here or drown, so I pull myself back up by focusing on ...

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