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It Don’t Seem Too Scary Arlo Merchant

My uncle coughs. It don’t seem scary to most— only to me.

My hands begin to shake, and my mind begins to race. I knew I’d lose him the second I heard that cough and I was right. He blamed it on pollution but we both knew the truth. How could we lose him? Why didn’t he fight longer? He had fought for years. Why not a few more?

But you were just surviving. I didn’t understand that ‘til recently.

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