Can we talk something else?

Can we talk about something else?

Hello?

Hello?

Out there?

Do you remember being a 10-year-old?

Every single one of us can probably answer yes to that.

The unique experience of being 10 years old is something we all shared.

Unless you're 9 years old or younger listening to this, in which case I apologize for my ageism,

I should have checked that at the door, as they say.

Being 10 came and went so quickly, though while it was happening, it felt like forever.

We were after all only 10 years old, only maybe 6 or 7, 8 years fully aware.

Time flies as we get older.

Once grade 6, grade 7 starts, it's all a blur, fueled by puberty.

Once you start thinking about sex, your childhood kind of ends.

And by 10, I'm sure some will say they were thinking about sex, which isn't really something I've ever been impressed by.

To speak for yourself, I was whacking off when I was 6 years old.

Smoke and cigarettes drinking with shit the fuck up.

Whacking off when you were 6, what were you talking about?

For most of us, we hadn't been stolen away by the shadow called puberty.

We added, had it enveloped us, stolen us away by the age of 10.

But as we grew and began to morph into young adults,

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