Volume 2Fall '05

I want my daddy Back!
Earleana T. Stewart

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My dad is on crack.

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HE JUST BOUGHT
ANOTHER SACK.

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HIS BODY STARTING
TO ATTACK!

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DAD IS NOT FIGHTING
BACK.

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DAD IS DYING FROM
                           CRACK!


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