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By Lily Seibert SILVER
New York, New York
It was going to happen tonight. Still water slipped past the kayak, enveloping me, disappearing behind. My arms moved rhythmically as I paddled harder, faster, deeper into the r...
New York, New York
It was going to happen tonight. Still water slipped past the kayak, enveloping me, disappearing behind. My arms moved rhythmically as I paddled harder, faster, deeper into the r...