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A Burning
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Read between June 18 - July 23, 2022
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The sketch shows a woman with her hair in a braid. Her hands are cuffed but raised as in prayer or plea. This is a mistake, I think. I was not in cuffs. Was I? The rest of her body is hastily penciled, decaying already.
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Even the meaning of “prison” is different for rich people. Can you blame me for wanting, so much, to be—not even rich, just middle class?
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“The system doesn’t always work for us. But you see that, now and then, you can make good things happen for yourself.” And I thought, only now and then? I thought I would have a better life than that.
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From my mother’s immense strength, I have borrowed a little.
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In this world, only one of us can be truly free. Jivan, or me. Every day, I am making my choice, and I am making it today also.