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    Type of Story: Literary Fiction, 871 words

    Synopsis: A little boy's words aren't enough to prove the abuse he endures, so he clings to the safe smell of a purple crayon - until silence becomes its own kind of evidence.

    Performed by Val Cole

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    Type of Story: Creative Nonfiction / Literary Essay, 771words

    Synopsis: A stepmother rejects the "wicked" myth and redefines motherhood, proving that love in blended families is boundless and unconfined by blood.

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  • POETRY Reading: Advocate Plea – For t...

    Performed by Val Cole

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    POEM:

    Justice,
    before you rule,
    Please hear me—
    not as counsel,
    but as one who has stood in that midnight kitchen
    through her words,
    through her trembling hands,
    fighting for Pêpê’s best interest—
    a child the law claims to protect,

    yet leaves trembling.
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