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Jan 2019
I once ruled a small kingdom…
I was lord; and I was free.

But as I looked out over the land
From atop my royal throne  
I saw no nobles, no knights,
No clergy, no servants…

I had, finally, risen to power,
But now everyone was gone –
Mysteriously vanished,
As the children of Hamelin.

So, there I was, alone;
And the silence haunted me…

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Inspired by David Foster Wallace's 2005 commencement address at Kenyon College.
Dylan McFadden
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Dylan McFadden  28/M/Seattle
(28/M/Seattle)   
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