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But now it is time to get back on the bus.

We change out of our water clothes
and go back into our normal ones.

As we walk to the bus,

I notice something white
poking out of Hannah’s pocket.

What’s that?

I ask as we get on the bus.

Just a letter,
she says with a smile.

I smile too,

remembering the paper she filled with words,

to her mother who is not a foster.

Thank you, she says.

Why are you thanking me? I ask.
She punches me playfully.

You got me to write that letter, she answers.
You convinced me not to lose hope.

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Connor Flood

Lapis L.A.
Ed. Austin Shapiro

MUSIC
(Takes place between “WHITE GIRL” and “SCARS”)

Hannah lets me inside her apartment.
It is a warm home,

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