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Scars And Silk Dresses

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Abstract

My twin sister and I were born with identical dark, irregular birthmarks.

Mine was on my right cheek, a stark, ink-spill patch that drew stares and cruel nicknames from the moment I started school. My sister Norah’s was on her calf—easily hidden under a pair of jeans, invisible to the world unless she chose to wear a skirt.

Our parents couldn’t afford the laser removal surgeries. I remember them sitting us down when we were ten, their eyes rimmed red with exhaustion, telling us we couldn’t be a burden on the family budget.

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