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I wanted to curl up into a fetal position and start sucking my thumb, let my tears and dripping saliva pool under me. Sorry. I tried living, tried being sentient. Can't do it. Can't live in the same universe with that.

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David Wong
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 10
Journalist
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