At some point, even the greatest misery begins to fade. Life, or what passes for life, plods on in it's own unending weary footsteps, and somehow we plod along with it, if we stay lucky.
Ten minutes ago, Frank though he was going to prison. Now he knows he__ not, and part of him thinks he should just be glad he__ getting out of this at all, but he__ not. He__ not glad. He__ furious. He__ known the world is broken for a long time, he__ known that, but sometimes he__ amazed at how broken; even now, at this point in his life, nearing fifty years old, he can stumble across something that makes him realize all over again that the world is not only broken, but beyond fixing. No amount of glue can ever make it right. And yet, you have to focus on your little part of it, don__ you? You have to focus on your little corner of the world and glue what cracks you can. Otherwise there__ no hope at all.
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Ten minutes ago, Frank though he was going to prison. Now he knows he__ not, and part of him thinks he should just be glad he__ getting out of this at all, but he__ not. He__ not glad. He__ furious. He__ known the world is broken for a long time, he__ known that, but sometimes he__ amazed at how broken; even now, at this point in his life, nearing fifty years old, he can stumble across something that makes him realize all over again that the world is not only broken, but beyond fixing. No amount of glue can ever make it right. And yet, you have to focus on your little part of it, don__ you? You have to focus on your little corner of the world and glue what cracks you can. Otherwise there__ no hope at all.
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