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Personal Narrative-Memoir Of The Blind
Beep! Beeeep! Beeeeeeep! The alarm gave out a loud piercing screech. Shattering my magical dreams, and damaging my own eardrums. I jumped out of bed abruptly, my heart pounding inside. I slammed the off button on the alarm as hard as a could. 6:00 A.M. You can tell it's early when there's no sunlight seeping through the cracks of the blinds. I walked across the dark room, stabbing my foot in every corner. My hands waving in the air, trying to feel where the bathroom light switch is. Finally, my hands are enveloped onto to the switch and I flipped it on. Squinting my eyes while trying to adjust to the bright light. I go to the faucet where I splashed cold water on my, face, letting the droplets run through my cheeks and trickle down my chin.
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