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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?

Men hvor kom den fra, denne lengselssykdommen? Fra at jeg ble født sånn, eller fra dem som skapte meg, eller folka jeg hang med seinere? Alle advarer om dårlig påvirkning, men det er ting du allerede har i deg som kommer til å senke deg. Uroen i magen, […], De håpløse ønskene som alltid forfølger deg: noen perfekte ord du tror du skal kunne si til noen for å få dem til å se deg, og elske deg, og bli hos deg. Eller kunne si til speilet, av samme grunn.

Det fins folk som aldri lengter på den måten, ikke strekker seg etter flaska, nåla, det farlige og pene ansiktet, ikke sikter mot feil stjerner. Hva kan jeg skrive her for at de øynene skal se og tro meg?