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"Take care," it says, as if to paste a thin veneer of concern on a tacky piece of cardboard. Take care, what? Take care of my personal hygiene? Take care to tie my shoelaces in a double knot? Take the trash out regularly and take care to wash my hands afterwords? Take care of other people's children? Take care to re-engineer this racially segregated society, one teenager at a time? I already do all of these things and more, and look where it got me. Take care?!? This is what our friendship amounts to now?
No, I will not take care. I will search for elusive highs in obscene amounts, even on school nights. I will drive fast and far, even when drowsy. I will throw away keepsakes and answer in anger. I will tear myself apart. See if I care.
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