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Old 12-15-2008, 08:16 PM   #1
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Default The Abyss

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...?currentPage=1

I can't remember if I already posted this here on CG.

I post it in the religion section, but it has an existential quality to it.

We all stand on a platform of existence, it's just that his is so small that the slightest puff of wind threatens to blow him off, into the abyss.
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Old 12-15-2008, 09:17 PM   #2
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the slightest puff of wind threatens to blow him off, into the abyss.
I feel this way right now. Don't breathe; you may push me over.
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