I was born in a cave in Yugoslavia. Perhaps born is too gentle of a term. Found may be more appropriate. I didn't meet my first human until I was nine years old. I communicated solely through grunts and violence. My family was a pack of boars, my cousins were bears. The humans who found me were some American soldiers scavenging the land for their lost comrade. I brutally murdered half their team, and the three that remained ran out of fear. I studied at Princeton University and eloped with my archaeology professor. We have four lovely children, Uuyonmg, Xyeniam, Quiyxo, and Fred. I've published over four million poems and 725,000 novels, over half of which have been made into academy-award winning films. My pioneering research on the cancer front has paved way for the development of revolutionary treatment options that have saved 500,000 lives since its publication in 2018 and has yet to save many more. I've competed in every available event for summer and winter Olympics and have medaled in all. My best associates include Elon Musk, founder of Space X and António Guterres, Secretary General of the UN. I enjoy baking exotic pies and transcribing ancient texts.
Henry: a friend lost but not forgotten
Years after he left to pursue his passions of drug running
I could still remember him
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Things are weird
And crazy too
I'm so tired
I sometimes like to disassemble my microwave and chew on the individual parts and pretend the burning in my mouth is from a meal Mother prepared despite our unrelinquishing fears of the Ukrainians coming closer to the border of the Motherland
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When I'm underwater and the pressure builds and my head feels like a crushed water bottle
I close my eyes and think about stars
Then I wake up and everyone is asking me what God's face looks like
I think everyone is so annoying all the time
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My favorite fruit snack is the cranberry
But I have never had a cranberry fruit snack
Perhaps I will invent it
Jim
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