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Now. This is the best time of my life.
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
Death & what remains
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Fourteen. Dew-soaked plimsolls, flying my kestrel before school.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 February 2014 source ↗
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