3 Works by talentedSpoon
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For some, it's almost as if being born in a box of darkness -- one with no holes or windows to the outside world -- and one day, you figure out how to open it, even if just the slightest bit. You learn how to open it, and you see light for the first time.
For others, it's like suddenly and without warning, some heavy weight that you'd had on your head is now gone. It's scary, but exhilarating.
And for many, it's like going from a world of dull color to a vivid new life. One where the grass is actually greener, the sky is actually bluer, and the only thing you truly want in that moment is to skip; that's how happy you are to finally feel happiness.
My name is John Egbert, and this is the story of how I learned to live.
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"They would come when you least expected it, and invite themselves in with a swift kick through your front door – which is why thunder frequently woke everyone in the city... The possibility was a constant fear.
Somewhere down in me, and I'm not sure when, I had started to think that maybe this was not how things were supposed to be."
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Dave escapes from a communist society tucked away on the hill because he can't take it anymore. A boy about his age named John finds him and takes him and his escaped family home with him- he looked as if he hadn't had food in days, and that was a pretty accurate estimate. John teaches Dave about what the outside world is like.. Dave falls in love with more than just this new society.
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Dave stares down what he believes will be his end as the meteor rushes toward crashing in a final bang, and thinks about what he'll never have.
Fortunately, he's wrong.