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I Didn’t Expect This From Us

A Gen X reflection on losing lifelong friends to MAGA, shared values, propaganda, and why Trump is the opposite of punk rock.

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Blasphemous Rumours

  Dear Marty,   I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to write, life has been hectic. I guess the reason, mostly, that I haven’t written is because part of me is still in denial that you’re even gone. It’s easy to get into that frame of mind when you don’t interact with someone on a daily basis, like we used to. When I heard the news, my heart dropped to the floor. All I could think is please PLEASE for the love of God, let it not be from…

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John Hughes Movie Romance

Deep down inside I still want the fairy tale/rom-com/John Hughes movie romance and happily ever after, even though I know it does not exist. 

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