backstage, my hope givers live co-hosts backpack kid & LT fresh start riffing on the piano to write me a jingle. after all, they've both got one. we've been singing ten-minute-long renditions of "LT fresh is in the building" for the last year. backpack's "flossin'" has millions of views on youtube. backpack is smooth on the keys. LT's vocals make him worthy of his pop artist title. the complete lyrics of my personalized vocal stim, as selected by the boys? sunshine. and flow

I run up the steps of the old stage, nearly out of breath, mic in hand, hair bow flopping. I face a mass of lively middle schoolers in a...

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