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haele

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20. The last one.

Reply to mountain grammy (Reply #3)

Mon May 25, 2026, 01:53 PM

18 hrs ago

There's a certain distance created by the stone garden of the cemetery. It creates a boundary marker between the living and the dead.
But there's a personal familiarity and immediate grief observing a hopeful puppy still waiting for someone who will not be coming home, and being unable to understand why.

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The last one. haele 18 hrs ago #20

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