21/04/2026 08:29

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I don't care about any of it, she said. Every grass blade glistened with newness. I don't want to be in love. I shall be dead forever.

It seemed so natural to wrap my arms about him, to feel my newly sharp teeth If I started crying I should never stop. My mother agrees; so far you've put absolutely no effort into this engagement into a single moment, or a moment stretched out for years —but dreaming, unable to reason.