Paroxysms
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Last published Thu, Jul 4, 2019
"I'd say that was poetic, but I have no idea what you just said to me." She muttered.
"Paroxysms of rage and sadness." He simply repeated.
[par-uh k-siz-uh m] (noun) :: any sudden, violent, outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion.
She laughed, as though it were amusing. But it was a very dry laugh, so it was amusing in the same way fear is exhilarating and tragedy is the joke of the century.
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