Harold and Maude
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I was in there cleaning it up so I
decided I'd do a little experiment.

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You know, so I got all this stuff out
and began mixing it up,

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it was very scientific!
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There was this massive explosion.
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It knocked me down,
blew out a huge hole in the floor.

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There was boards and bricks
and flames leaping up.

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I figured, you know... time to leave.
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My career in school was over.
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So... I went home.
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My mother was a giving a party so
I went up the back stairs to my room.

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Turned out the light and...
I got this funny feeling.

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The doorbell rang.
I went out to the banister

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and these two policemen came in,
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found my mother... and... told her
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that I was killed in the fire.
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She put one hand up to her forehead,
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the other one she reached out
as if groping for support,

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and with this long sigh,
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she collapsed in their arms.
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I decided right then
that I enjoyed being dead.

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I understand.
A lot of people enjoy being dead

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but they're not dead really.
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They're just backing away from life.

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