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Submitted to Contest #287
It’s always, “It’s not you.” Life is unfair. The world is a cruel place. And honestly, I can’t argue with that. Things happen that defy logic—unjust, arbitrary things. I believe in bad luck.But then there are moments like this—moments of startling clarity—when I realise I’ve come full circle. And in this particular moment, I‘ve come to know for certain now: it‘s not the world. It‘s me.This thought isn’t revolutionary—a groundbreaking epiphany. In fact, it’s an experience so ordinary it teeters on the edge of cliché. Things don’t work out: jo...
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