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Today, when the sun went down enough to be able to go outside (we are in the middle of a heat wave), I went with my wife and son to a children's playground. There I ran into an old friend from high school, someone with whom I had a great friendship and of whom I have fond memories. We greeted each other, hugged and chatted for a while. After greeting and meeting his little ones, we quickly had the usual conversation: I asked him to “catch me up” on how people from the old group of friends were doing.
And he told me something shocking.
One person was no longer with us. He was the first of our group to pass away, and worst of all: no one knows if it was an accident or if it was suicide. Only 38 years old, what a piece of shit. He told me the story in little detail because we were not in the most appropriate place to talk about such topics, but I was left with a terrible feeling. We urged each other to try to meet this week to talk some more.
I never had a great affinity with this person, but we met many times on many occasions. We saw each other every day, he was a normal guy, with his virtues and defects like everyone else. He liked to sing.
What a piece of shit.