She
couldn't stop her mind from racing. The bourbon didn't help. Neither
did the walking, the pacing, the twitching of her foot when she sat
still. It was hard to begin, to fill the blank page, to glue and
paint and rub. It was easy to wish she had never started. Until...a
bird appeared. She gave it eyes and wings. It gave her hope.
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