"I knew I was being an idiot. But I figured if I kept being an idiot, if I didn't actually accept the truth, then the truth would become false."

Denial, Self-Deception, Truth, Irony

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"I knew I was being an idiot. But I figured if I kept being an idiot, if I didn't actually accept the truth, then the truth would become false."

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"Your denial is beneath you, and thanks to the use of hallucinogenic drugs, I see through you."

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"Everyone I have lost in the closing of a doorthe click of the lockis not forgotten, theydo not die but remainwithin the soft edgesof the earth, the ashof house fires and cancerin sin and forgivenesshuddled under old blanketsdreaming their way intomy hands, my heartclosing tight like fists."

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"Everybody prayed, everybody lied about it. Even atheists prayed on airplanes and bingo nights."

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"He wanted the songs, the stories, to save everybody."

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