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wouldn’t have to

whenever i hurt myself
playing when i was little,
roller skating or bicycling
in the driveway, mom would
usually do one of two things:
she’d either try to make me
laugh by asking, “did you
crack the cement?”, or
say she’d cry for me, or get
mad for me, and then she’d
pout, so I wouldn’t have to


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