SYSTEM-WIDE FAILURE

Failure. Complete,

utter and total

failure.

But that's not

the worst, far, far

from it.

Because no failure

is limited to the one

experiencing it.

It affects all

around them, pulling

their lives into its wake.

Lives forever altered,

diminished, made less

than they should've been,

affecting all

around them, pulling lives

into their own wake.

08.03.2024

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