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Normal

Life
exists
within
the tail's
extremes,
but we all
fall within a
bell curve, in the
end. All are unique 
but average, in most
respects. We are special
because of the multitudes and
their combination - not because we
are tall, or beautiful or strong. Our day-
to-day experiences vary so wildly, but so
little too. It's all just needs, connections,
perseverance, struggle and luscious
levity and respite. A liberation
arrives in exceptionality
leaving - it's unneeded
and unwanted here.
If only feelings
would fall in
line with a
firm logic
and its
survey
of a 
life

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