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Singing Monologue

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Amidst all of the commotion; the talking, the singing, the laughter, there was a moment where it felt as if Papa and I were the only two people in the room. I was sitting on the couch between two of my brothers, Shaun, the eldest on my right, and Barret, born 9 years after me to my left, when I heard him begin to moan. It sounded as though he was trying to get someone’s attention, but I seemed to be the only one who noticed. It was haunting and cut right to the core of my soul. I looked around the room and considered maybe it was that everyone was always so used to his griping that they had learned to tune it out. Whatever the reason, I believe that I was meant to hear Papa, because it was me he was calling. I got up from the old stale couch

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