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Track Marks 

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Jason Overholt 

Cogito Ergo Doceo 

I remember standing in front of my m 

drugged, and so short on sleep that I ' 
glass. "Everything is not ok," I said tc 
better." 

Judging from the culture I live in, a le 
piness is the norm. They buy self-hel1 
positive thinking, and they pop anti-ct 
the same kind of hopeful anticipation 
tab on a beer can. They seem to insist 
last man, woman, and child to be fille 

Is it our right? Should we worry abou 
grandparents, and many others who a1 
concept of happiness wasn't thought< 
today, especially not by the working c 

"Life is hard, but you just have to dea 

"Sometimes you just have to eat shit < 

My grandpa was a very serious, (and 1 
man, but he always tried to appear jo) 
that we went on when I was ten. "Kee 
"You can't tell you got a bite with ym 
fully remind me again and again, his ~ 
repetition. "No, I won't put the worm 
do that yourself," tighter still. "Godda 

I came home from that recreational ge 
sprained wrist. For the next month, he 
favoring my left hand. I got every toy 

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