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Numbers

December 14, 2023
By claireanne GOLD, Delafield, Wisconsin
claireanne GOLD, Delafield, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
"we accept the love we think we deserve" Perks of Being a Wallflower


“Doesn't matter,” they say to me. It's their secret, but my number. 

All lips sealed, my mother's too. Shaking her head, “It’s for the best.” 

The cold chair, the hospital room. “Just a number?” The scale taunts.


The author's comments:

this is about a girl in a hospital, struggling with an eating disorder.


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