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Personal Narrative: Dying Early In Mexico
Sounds of familiar voices dying and deafening causes me to wipe the crisp sweat off my forehead. Though I must act on my gut and escape to a place where half the town isn’t after my family’s head. Pedro, my trusty childhood friend is on the same page as me and is desperately trying not to crack under the pressure than is pushing down upon us. Both of our families are heavily involved in drugs and gangs, specifically our fathers, and after we heard Donald Trump won the election against Hillary Clinton; we took in his words and tried to attempt an escape from this hell before a wall is built. I feel my hands for my antique ring that has been passed down my family, I’m not going to be the one to break the chains. If I’m going to die early in Mexico,
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