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teddy

I ain't normal, not even close not even as a child, played with dolls and paper cut-outs but I always decapitated them (do you remember mother?) finding the head of my sister's Clarabell doll floating in the utility sink in the basement but my tedddy, my teddy how I beat him until he came into my young child's dreams to seek revenge and you destroyed him for me mother you used a kitchen knife to cut him to pieces and made me watch (do you remember mother?) it was so sad, so strange watching teddy's stuffing falling into the wastebasket He was my only friend and you killed him, MOTHER!!! At 22 you had me sent to an asylum because I (you said) threatened to kill you but I couldn't/wouldn't do that because you killed teddy for me (do you remember mother?) He was my only friend

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Date: 4/10/2025 8:38:00 PM
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William HAYNES
Date: 4/10/2025 11:49:00 PM
I should point out that while I did have a teddy and my mother had to get rid of him/ the rest is pure fantasy

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