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the ugly truth

What does one say? What is there to say?  I feel compelled to write about it. It almost seems flippant if I don't.  On the other hand, how does once reduce such a horrific event to words? I was on the train yesterday, and all these people were going about their days..listening to music, playing candy crush, watching the latest episode of "Orange is the New Black" and I wanted to shout! DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!  HOW CAN YOU JUST GO ABOUT YOUR DAY!! but the truth is, I also had to just go about my day. I had to study I had to go to school. My life was basically the same as it usually is. Nothing really different. I couldn't afford the time to be down and depressed.  As callous as it sounds..there really wasn't much for me to do at that point and I had to do what i had to do, much to my dismay.  the other truth is that people are dying everyday. There are people of all walks of life dying from things as simple as the flu, to