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A Failed Graduation Speech

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Ricky Denham
Aug 01, 2023
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**From 12/21/21

I was giving a graduation speech. It was nighttime. I don’t know what school, nor grade I was graduating from. I don’t know what degree I was getting. Our caps and gowns were black. But I wore red. Just me. The class was small. Roughly 20 people. And it was only us. No music. No family members in the aud…

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