Exhibit A:
Why is happiness not my default? I imagine it’s everyone else’s and though, I know it's not true, I can't help but put that on most strangers' faces. Defect in my innocence grew into cynical regret. Why do I care to live forever? I don't like living now and I don't like the world in which I exist, so why make something that will live on? Why tell the truth or lie or speak at all? Why rise up when it’s much easier to fall? The one I love will not enjoy the grimace of my speech and it's just a constant reminder of things in which I don't care to think. So why?
Exhibit B:
Spy found his way in. Too fast to catch. Personal information downloaded to floppy disk. Wait for fallout. Nothing. Wait for threats or invasions. None. The information had no value. Validation doesn’t exist here. No spaces left. Not for what you rolled up in. Close call. Get back on highway. Blare stereo. Dull the heart and feed the senses.
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