We Just Pretend;
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  • Parts 1
  • Time 11m
Ongoing, First published Jul 18, 2017
Mature
"Laughter. It's an odd thing to me. 
Sometimes my laughter is fake. It's like when children play pretend, but instead of pretending to be batman, a doctor, or a king, I pretend to be laughing, enjoying myself. It's odd because I sometimes even fool myself that things actually are okay, but when I'm on my own reality crashes down on me and I realize I'm still in that hole I fooled myself I was out of."
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