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when i came into work this morning you were upset on the edge just waiting for a call from your brother last night your niece tried to commit suicide *(she wouldn't have made it if her twin hadn't had an odd feeling and called her)* my stomach dropped i don't know this girl *(they found her passed out with empty bottles of xanax and cough syrup)* you told the story over the course of the day unfolding family details like clean laundry *(critical condition and now her dad has to go to the police because she doesn't take xanex)* "why would she do that? she only totaled her car it wasn't that bad why would she do this?" i didn't say anything thinking maybe it was just the thing that pushed her over the edge and the day wore on you weren't quite there mentally i could tell but on the other hand i wasn't really either too busy wishing i was your niece.
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Aug 31, 2016
Aug 31, 2016 at 3:09 PM UTC
critical condition
when i came into work this morning you were upset on the edge just waiting for a call from your brother last night your niece tried to commit suicide *(she wouldn't have made it if her twin hadn't had an odd feeling and called her)* my stomach dropped i don't know this girl *(they found her passed out with empty bottles of xanax and cough syrup)* you told the story over the course of the day unfolding family details like clean laundry *(critical condition and now her dad has to go to the police because she doesn't take xanex)* "why would she do that? she only totaled her car it wasn't that bad why would she do this?" i didn't say anything thinking maybe it was just the thing that pushed her over the edge and the day wore on you weren't quite there mentally i could tell but on the other hand i wasn't really either too busy wishing i was your niece.
Copyright 8/10/16 by B. E. McComb
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Aug 31, 2016
Aug 31, 2016 at 3:09 PM UTC
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