99: twelve

[mondegreen2]

When I am ten, all I can think about is when I turn twelve. I have set this goal for myself and spend all my time thinking about it: When I am twelve. Not quite a teenager, which comes with such a heavy burden of expectations and assumed upheaval that it seems at most like a raw deal, but twelve! Twelve, a perfect number. I've long thought about

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[witness_aria]

This is beautiful. And "I am unpleasantly surprised by the existence of even trivial responsibilities" actually made me flash back to childhood, which doesn't happen to me much. Very cool.