R Grim

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ā€œThe gift that keeps on givingā€ by R Grim

Submitted to Contest #140

I remember the first time I cried on my birthday I had just turned fifteen. Two of my friends were in the room in various states of slumber, and my age and loneliness pressed upon me like humidity in a thunderstorm. I had to deal with three feelings:1.     Gut-retching fear that one day Iā€™m going to die, probably alone. As these people sleep around me, I am alone in this consciousness, which is exactly what will happen when I die, too.2.     Sadness that everything my parents, hell, ...

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