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You know things are moving. You're changing, you fellow Dead are changing, the world is ready for something miraculous. What are we waiting for?

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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When the entire world is built on death and horror, when existence is a constant state of panic, it's hard to get worked up about any one thing. Specific fears have become irrelevant. We've replace them with a smothering blanket far worse.
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You might say that death has relaxed me.
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Deep under our feet the Earth holds its molten breath, while the bones of countless generations watch us and wait.
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That's why we have memory. And the opposite of memory— hope. So things that are gone can still matter. So we can built off our pasts and make future.
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In my palm I can feel the echo of her pulse, standing in for the absense of mine.
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We eat and sleep and shuffle through the fog, walking a marathon with no finish line, no medals, no cheering.
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