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White Saltine Cracker

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Drive On December of 2022 I arrived  at work just like any other day. The drive to work often felt like taking a seven hour road trip to Florida even though it was only a forty-five minute drive on a good day without traffic. My mother was the one who drove us to work on this particular day. We got in the car, and I had taken a nap. Once I had woken up, we still had not arrived. Our job was located in the heart of Atlanta, Georgia at a community medical center. On this particular day, I arrived at work dragging. My job as a  receptionist can be described as someone who answers phone calls to transfer people over to the correct department that they need.  Even though I was dragging, it was a beautiful sunny day outside, the birds were chirping and the wind blew across my face giving me a refreshing feeling. As I stepped inside the building, the lighting dimmed and the air became stagnant. Every morning, once I walked in, there was the smell of different cleaners from the housekeeping de