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lonely times in the middle of july - by ines - delicate

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thoughts about loneliness and being alone

Salt air and rust on your door, I never needed anything more. This letter was meant to be sent in July, two weeks or so ago, but I couldn’t finish it. It’s August now, one more month of hellish summer that, just as the song quotes, slips away like a moment in time, a blink of an eye, half of a second. Ever since I was 11, I’ve spent my summers mostly alone. With the help of the internet, it was always easy to distract from boredom, through gaming (Stardoll, how I miss you), series, music and films. At 13, I turned to books. Later at 16, to social media places — Twitter to be specific. It’s…

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