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"I don't assume."
No, no I don't. I don't assume because assumptions never bring me anything good. Never once, never will.
The last time someone assume 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 about 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, it costs me 𝘦 𝘷 𝘦 𝘳 𝘺 𝘵 𝘩 𝘪 𝘯 𝘨. It costs me more than just a check worth 40,000 dollars, more than just a trip to Shanghai. It costs me ego, morale. It costs me time, sanity. (Have you ever laughed so hard, you start to cry? Have you ever let down your guard, you start to wonder why?)
There's no tears left to cry.
ㅤㅤ[I am jarred, my fangs bared.]
Put your finger in your eye.
ㅤㅤ[Let me be the one that is spared,
ㅤㅤ Oh, oh please. For only this time?]
How does it feel to suck us dry?
ㅤㅤ["I never knew, I never cared."
ㅤㅤ No, wrong. I'm scared.
ㅤㅤ So terribly {scared}.]
[March 3rd will go down in history as the day of humiliation, self-control, resentment, and anger. March 3rd will go down in history as the day you/I will forever regret. March 3rd will go down in history, and we will laugh about it all the time, for the afternoon we spent with screams and the night muted and quiet. March 3rd will forever go down in history, for it was the day when it all fell 𝚊 𝚙 𝚊 𝚛 𝚝.]
"I don't assume."
("Did he cry?"
"He did.")
No, no I don't. I don't assume because assumptions never bring me anything good. Never once, never will.
You shouldn't do it too.