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““l. I couldn’t be the child that they had loved.
Not after everything that happened to me. Not after learning that I am made of sticks and snow.
Headlights swing into view. I am already moving by the time I hear the squeal of brakes.
“I never needed to be warm,” I tell my unmother, my voice hard, full of the anger that has been gnawing at my insides for years.”
— Aug 25, 2026 12:57PM
Not after everything that happened to me. Not after learning that I am made of sticks and snow.
Headlights swing into view. I am already moving by the time I hear the squeal of brakes.
“I never needed to be warm,” I tell my unmother, my voice hard, full of the anger that has been gnawing at my insides for years.”
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