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1 September, 2019

I was a man,
I was a woman,
I was a human,
I was a monster,
I was many that I cannot, remember.
I was someone,
I was something,
I was hope,
I was pain,
I was life,
I was death.
Believe me!
It is me!
It is I!
It will be a disguised lie!

-Hiranya C. Kulatunga

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