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My new life started off bright and early with my new caseworker Miss Bark. She raised up the blinds and said: «Good morning, Damon. Let’s take you home.» For a split second I thought I had one., and was going there. Sometimes a good day lasts all of about ten seconds.
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Children, choices. Ruin, that was the labor and materials we were given to work with. An older boy than never knew safety himself, trying to make us feel safe. We had the moon in the window to smile on us for a minute and tell us the world was ours. Because all the adults had gone off somewhere and left everything in ours hands.
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If you’re standing on a small pile of shit, fighting for your one place to stand, God almighty how you fight.
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The one thing I could still count on was being an idiot. Now I was supposed to trash what little there was left of Demon and be smart. Would I still be me? And the main question: Can a Gifted and Talented play football?
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People find more ways to shut up theirs monsters than a Bible has verses.
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Many had tried their best with us, but we came out of too hungry mothers. Four demons by four different starving hearts.
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The wonder is that you can start life with nothing, end with nothing, and loose so much in between.
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Did she think I was looking for a new personal best in the hardship department?