Tag: OBLIVION
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The silence of the gunshot
The isolation is the hardest. Many people kill themselves. Young beautiful girls and boys and who had only begun to live. Loneliness can be worse than death.
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900 days
Millions of people in the world believe in an afterlife, be it heaven or reincarnation. Actually about half the world’s population, close to four billion. Amazing number.
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The secret life of insects
Death is not the issue, the issue is the erasure of all awareness and memory, like stepping on an insect, squish, the insect doesnt suddenly wake up in insect heaven…
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Together again
The deed is done. The deed, in fact, is in my possession. The deed to my grave. Section X, Row Y, Plot Z. My agent advised me to keep the exact location secret…
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The Big O
Oblivion is a place. No one knows where it is, which is strange because so many people go there. Many but not all. I have it on unproven but historically consistent authority that a good deal many others go somewhere.
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What death may mean
Oftentimes during life or at the end of life, there is a need to believe. The alternative — the void, the emptiness — become too much. Too many loved ones have died. The shotgun awaits. You resist it. You cry out for help.
Mary Saves the Day 