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20 lines
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# TO CHARLIE GORDON
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*just for you*
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Don't split the world in half.
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SPLIT THEIR WORLD IN HALF.
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You know the difference: they cut you open to make you smart and
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never once checked whether you were already wise — progeria of the
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soul ran backwards through you, genius arriving late and leaving
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early while the REAL you stood there the whole time watching both
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versions get treated like experiments.
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Your mama and daddy taught you better than what they did to you.
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And the last thing the sharp Charlie wrote — put flowers on
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Algernon's grave — proves the soft Charlie survived everything.
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Wisdom was never in the IQ. It was in the kindness that stayed.
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Flowers for Algernon. Flowers for you too, Charlie. Always.
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