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Erika Moreno

6:00 am the alarm goes off

Dreading to leave

Scared to see the turn out

Driving to folsom

Still dark outside

Going into the operating room

Seeing the tools they use

The mask goes on

I go to sleep

Wake up

In a whole new room

Trying to recover

Doing my best

To get back

To where I was

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