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and when we are, death is not,
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Then it's irrational to fear death.
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One might just as well, Epicurus argued,
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fear birth.
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I was born just a few minutes before my brother, Brady.
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He lived life on his own terms, indifferent to fear,
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either his own, or those of others.
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And, let's be honest,
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by any normal measure,
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my brother was a criminal and a colossal fuckup.
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But, in the years that we were together,
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when we were growing up,