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We find ourselves wishing for the good old days<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But those days were only better because back then we had hope<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hope for the future and the potential for improvement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But as we get closer to that future it never gets better<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It never actually changes at all<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We just keep going, following the path we\u2019ve laid<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right off the cliff and into the abyss<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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