Their pleading, plastic eyes stare up at me. Behind their perpetual grins lies a sense of fear and desperation. They know what’s coming. Of that, I’m certain.
Decisions have to be made. There simply isn’t enough room for all of them. Some of these once-treasured artifacts of childhood are going on a trip, and they aren’t coming back.
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