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Jan 2013
she said the movie was scery

then he said
it’s SCARY

rabbits scurry
there’s a difference, you know

and in another
little way
he stole her
I'm from Kentucky.  I have found, over time, that a prominent Kentucky accent causes others to automatically dismiss you as illiterate and uneducated.  And it hurts. It really hurts.  It aches not to be able to speak the language of your culture.
Jamie Sue Austin
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