There where the swallows fly
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Last published Sat, Aug 30, 2014
"Us children are swallows, unaware of the dangers that surround us, hunt us and that can and will kill us if given the chance to. These dangers hunt us like greedy hawks, tempting us in a then swooping down on us, their pray."
Anaïs is girl who suffers under the weight of life, the hawks have found her, now with anorexia, depression, bullying and the temptation of suicide these preditors have identified her as a target- it seems that the only thing that keeps her alive are the swooping swallows she sees from her roof and a strange torch light on the cove that goes up and down, up and down all night long.
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