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My mother tells me she is impressed that I always seem to land on my feet, but I don't have the heart to tell her that I never fell I came out hold her on my shoulders and as I aged I added each member of my family and then still others that I either drug up and forced to stand upon the pile just to say that someone chose me or people that snuck up on me preyed on me waited until I was about to regain my balance just to jump atop the pile of the "I need you to"s and sink my squat so low that my feet are firmly planed shoulder width apart, knee joins fully collapsed, pushing the floor away with pure balance and the fear of the fall. I have not landed at all.
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Dec 9, 2025
Dec 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM UTC
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My mother tells me she is impressed that I always seem to land on my feet, but I don't have the heart to tell her that I never fell I came out hold her on my shoulders and as I aged I added each member of my family and then still others that I either drug up and forced to stand upon the pile just to say that someone chose me or people that snuck up on me preyed on me waited until I was about to regain my balance just to jump atop the pile of the "I need you to"s and sink my squat so low that my feet are firmly planed shoulder width apart, knee joins fully collapsed, pushing the floor away with pure balance and the fear of the fall. I have not landed at all.
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Dec 9, 2025
Dec 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM UTC
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