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Trumpeting and mythologizing deranged deplorable basket case as demigod

Trumpeting and mythologizing deranged deplorable basket case as demigod Any idea regarding who unnamed individual earned such lofty title? I offer a clue, that averred person unknown to many others within the webbed, wide world, and familiarity limited to smattered kith and kin. Lemme know if dead giveaway ala handy dandy blues clue prompted that "aha" realization. Hero worship in the age of cynicism baffles one disillusioned eccentric, who prides himself (without prejudice), bolstered courtesy his sense and sensibility self actualized ex post facto compliments of nasty and brutally destructive purblind (in retrospect, raffish, selfish) endeavors nearly devastating, harpooning cocky eye looey fella, lopping, et cetera pledged troth July twenty fifth nineteen hundred and ninety six made when unbridled marital covenant accepted, scuttled in favor of liberating libidinal longings largely licensing licentious liaisons simultaneously, permanently, and majorly compromising, jeopardizing, violating once especially cherished bonds between father of two darling daughters, (the eldest - a recent University of Pennsylvania alumni approaching her twenty eighth birthday December 22nd, 2024 - once upon a time hashtagged as daddy's girl) cut himself down to size of raw bits particularly indecorous flagrant callousness emotional and financial niggardliness he lavished with paltry acquired scant monies acquired courtesy family beneficence (chump change received such as for mine birthday and holiday gifts - cashed treasury bonds before maturity) spent acquisition or borrowed currency on meager trappings for yours truly where (barely able, nay impossible mission) to meet costs of living social on the MainLine within Lower Merion School District offered superlative public education - to challenge first born GIEP student and second offspring, who exhibited developmental delay, thus whose IEP pared down so she could rally approbation in the form of attagirl, kudos, stickers, et cetera) slightly more manageable, yet being chronically unemployed (and unemployable – before qualifying for government largesse) until I met criteria and bankrolled unearned income to receive social security disability, still sorely challenged person writing these words to meet paying rent and utilities, and also linkedin to significant mental health challenges in tandem with faith no more, and abandonment of attaining potential smarts regarding accessing academic gifted aptitude thwarted, stymied, hijacked to Cuba, et cetera marked ambivalence toward self success nearly failed every grade even kindergarten - ha and sustained behavioral pattern earning me poor marks when launching feeble attempts to work, and managed to witness being terminated, thus accruing splendid curriculum vitae awash with horrendous, and deleterious feedback unflattering to say the least and unfavorable to college/ university admissions officials, plus being long haired pencil neck geek when doos more conservative), a definite strike against unseen positive impression videre licet in the eyes of potential employer, whereby poor performance track record signaled a red flag accumulating over time to affect dark shadows qua nine inch nails scratching across outsize blackboard, foo fighting, beastie boys bullying scaring the bejesus out of me unsure outer limits of the twilight zone inhabited, where the wild things live hovering at the edge of night subsequently spurring yours truly to dejectedly slink along the hallowed halls of higher learning to savor the sounds of silence being secreted and sequestered within bedroom inside domicile of my boyhood, adolescence, and emerging adulthood.

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