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Obsidian Blackbird.'s avatar

Bro!!! I was totally sucked in.

I thought the whole thing was real!

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Ika Wright's avatar

This is amazingly hilarious. I love your take on keeping a memory alive. Are you sure this is fiction and not a personal history disguised as such? Damn, one shouldn't laugh at funeral stories, but this did a good job at churning the contents of my stomach. :D

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Ray Downs's avatar

One or two things might have really happened

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Opmerker's avatar

Ya got me! Thanks a ton!!

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Sudana Krasniqi's avatar

Fanfuckingtastic

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Yuma's Freezing's avatar

The last line. Excellent work!

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Ray Downs's avatar

Thank you!

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Caroline Osella's avatar

Nailed it. We've all been there.

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Shoni's avatar

Great story. Powerful and beautifully crafted.

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Ray Downs's avatar

Thanks for reading!

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Jonah Ogilwy's avatar

This is a perfect little story based on a paradox: the narrator's act of mourning is totally authentic and totally inappropriate.

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Nick Nogoski's avatar

Very vulnerable of you. I’ll admit at my last funeral I spent a little too long admiring how I looked in a suit, and I don’t know if that’s better or worse.

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Alan Devincentis's avatar

You get me every time. Well met!

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Ray Downs's avatar

🤛

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Ray Downs's avatar

Thank you! Sure, always open.

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