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Coming Home

May 22, 2018
By saintjohn SILVER, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
saintjohn SILVER, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
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Wandering home, Will wears no shoes and bears a single sock. The pavement chills his naked
foot, the rocks bite it, but he doesn’t care. He’s happy to be away from school. Will has to lie to
Mom so she won’t worry about him. “Where’s your other sock?” she asks. “I lost it.”


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