“You know people say the dead look peaceful, like they're sleeping? I guess it depends on how you die, because Eric's eyes were open. He was looking right at me, and he was scared. My cousin died in terrible pain.”
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“The sunken place, right? That's where I was. The place where nobody can touch you or hear you scream.”
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“I dreamt of Eric, in his Filas, chilling against his sister's car. Then I dreamt of him on the ground, wanting to talk, but with nothing left to say.”
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“And I dream too much and I don't write enough and I'm trying to find God everywhere.”
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