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The piece you have published today is quite engaging and persuasive. We can imagine your anxiety as disaster loomed. Not only would you mother not get her supplies, but you would be stranded and possibly entangled with the police.
It seems being a 'government child' paid off for you, indeed.
We hope to read more from you in the future.
Thanks for having my piece