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What's the point of trying to fix a world we're so briefly in?

Isaac Marion

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Isaac Marion
Age: 42
Born: 1981
Born: December 30
Music Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Seattle
Washington
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Trying
World
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...wanting change is step one, but step two is taking it.
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It was fun, but it's over now. This is how things go.
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