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You know that old cliché about how millions of deaths being a statistic, while the loss of just one life is a tragedy? If that’s true, what is it when you lose something that never even had a chance to be born? I’ve had a lot of relationships in my time, platonic or otherwise, but the ones I think about most are those that never quite made it to term. The dashing first date who didn’t call you back. The lady on the train you had that amazing conversation with but never saw again. The cool neighbor kid you met the first time a week before he moved away. I guess I’m just haunted by all that potential energy. One moment, the universe presents you with this amazing opportunity for new possibilities and then…
