Winner
The day of graduation came. The sky reflected rays of mustard light through the flowing cotton. Luckily, I got my cream toga and cap yesterday before the shutters closed on me. Mom already got me something to wear underneath them. I pulled out the ivory long sleeves from my wooden cabinet. I guess I could make do with my gray pants to complete the ensemble. Hopefully, I still remembered how to do my tie. Then my door rattled like my heartbeat. I opened my blue painted door, “Mom, what are you doing here?” “It’s almost time, honey. Oh Keita, you are a grown man now, but you should learn how to do your tie quickly,” she spun my tie around in a single motion. “There, you look so much like your father. Soon, you will be a college man and have a family of your own.” My eyes widened at the f
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