But That Was Before

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Daddy fractured our world, tilted it office at its axis, sent careening out of control.

That was before that day his own impairment made him overcorrect, jerk the Mercedes onto unpaved shoulder, then back across over the double yellow lines, head on into traffic.

That was before the one ton truck sliced the passenger wide open. That was before premature death, battered bodies, and scars no plastic.

Yes, that was before.

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