The Life I Never Led
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Last published Thu, Jun 7, 2018
Spoon River. A small town in Mississippi based around the river, Spoon River. If we are to look at the many grave stones placed in the Spoon River Cemetery we can look at the teen that lived a cliché life and died a cliché death, hit by a drunk driver. We see another grave stone with a short life span. Elouise Baxter 1889-1905. What happened to her? This is the story of that teen and what led to her short life. Follow Elouise Baxter as she explains what life was like in the late and early 1800s and 1900s.
(Loosely based off the Cabaret, "Graveyard Songs" this is going to be a short story if anything.)
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