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Submitted to Contest #272
Living is an elusive evil. All communion between human beings is fractured, and I’ve always been on the deprived end. Take eating, for instance; what about the human beings that go and starve on the street? Isn’t ignorance a sin? I’m not benevolent by any means. I eat not because I am starved, but solely because it is what I desire. If it were eating for the sake of subsiding hunger, I would never eat again. That’s a chore, and chores are for children, though I never truly grew into the face of a man. If I were to live a good life, I know I’...
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