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How? How do people do it? How do people smile, drive cars, buy loaves of bread, read the paper, go to school, go to jobs, go to church, eat sushi, talk on cell phones, drink coffee? How do they **** **** and ***** How do they get their shoes shined, stand in line, comb their hair, brush their teeth, go to the theatre,   the circus, the carnival? How do they do these things and   so much more when babies, innocent- beautiful babies, are born into this brutal world, where parents die, where feral cats carry off little birds that fall from   the nest, where best friends die, O.D, get hit by cars drowned or die from some strange brain thing. How do we eat chocolate, watch football, and build snowmen? How do we visit the zoo, go to the moon copulate ********** ********** and procreate when hearts still break, Sweet Jane dies. The walk on the wild side ends, and the letters we send get returned? How do they do it , when dogs get hit by   cars, ****** roam the bars, the Dodo’s extinct and wackos still brutalize children? How do people do it? How do they carry on?
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Feb 3, 2021
Feb 3, 2021 at 7:48 AM UTC
How?
How? How do people do it? How do people smile, drive cars, buy loaves of bread, read the paper, go to school, go to jobs, go to church, eat sushi, talk on cell phones, drink coffee? How do they **** **** and ***** How do they get their shoes shined, stand in line, comb their hair, brush their teeth, go to the theatre,   the circus, the carnival? How do they do these things and   so much more when babies, innocent- beautiful babies, are born into this brutal world, where parents die, where feral cats carry off little birds that fall from   the nest, where best friends die, O.D, get hit by cars drowned or die from some strange brain thing. How do we eat chocolate, watch football, and build snowmen? How do we visit the zoo, go to the moon copulate ********** ********** and procreate when hearts still break, Sweet Jane dies. The walk on the wild side ends, and the letters we send get returned? How do they do it , when dogs get hit by   cars, ****** roam the bars, the Dodo’s extinct and wackos still brutalize children? How do people do it? How do they carry on?
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59/M/Clear Lake
Feb 3, 2021
Feb 3, 2021 at 7:48 AM UTC
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