"I mean this: every time I come home, I feel like I'm coming back to the world, and when I leave Macomb it's like leaving the world."

Life, Home, World, Belonging, Emotion

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"I mean this: every time I come home, I feel like I'm coming back to the world, and when I leave Macomb it's like leaving the world."

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