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Dearest son,
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I’m sorry to begin
this letter by scolding you,
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but you have messed
my typewriter up so much,
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that you can see it writes
in a “harlequined” way.
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I also have to scold you
for your handwriting
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which is absolutely indecipherable.
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Dear Elio,
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I don’t want to preach to you
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because at this point you are a man
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and you have a conscience
that has to make you reflect.
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I appeal to it
to make you judge the facts.
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You must know that
this separation
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costs us immense sacrifices too.
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I think that the nonsense you have
been getting into for some time now
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does not appear to be diminishing.
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And this thought
continues to torment me.
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While you have different interests,
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you are our only reason to live.
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You are all that we have
and love more than anything else.
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It’s painful for a father
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to have to say such
things to his own son ...
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For the way you
have behaved this year ...
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... But my duty
is to correct you
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and to touch you where
I can make you feel bad.
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... You can’t imagine
how we’ve suffered.
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I hope that life
in a military school
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will make you learn
to appreciate your parents
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and to respect your superiors.
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Be humble and helpful,
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you’ll see that
everyone will love you.
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Dearest Elio,
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I'm writing you from Magenta.
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I’ve only been here for five days
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and I’m already fucking fed up.
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I must compliment you on Maria.
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She’s really cute and
you can also see she’s a good girl.
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She’s the type of female
I’ve always wanted.
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Only that she’s a brunette
and I like blondes more.
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If you want some
advice from a friend,
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be careful not to let her know
how much you love her.
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Women are all the same,
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When they understand
that someone cares for them,
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they make the person suffer.
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Dear Monster,
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It seems as if
I haven’t seen you for ages,
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even though only a
few hours have passed.
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I wonder
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what I’ll do to reach
the end of the month without you.
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You know,
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I have found that
I am terribly faithful.
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When I add everything up,
from September up till now
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I’ve averaged
three fucks a week.
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Except for the holidays of
Christmas and St. Stephen,
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because I’m a traditionalist!
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Tonight they asked me
to go dancing in a dance hall,
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But I refused point-blank,
thinking about you.
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I won’t ask you about school,
because I know it’s going quite badly.
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I hope you’re not feeling
too lonely in Turin,
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If you ever feel sad,
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remember that you have a
friend you can count on.
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Always.
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Even though I know
you will forget me,
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as you have with all the others.
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Now I’m going to turn off the light
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and go to bed.
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Completely naked,
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with white lace panties.
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At least this will make you
want to come back to me,
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isn’t that right,
you nasty monster?
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24 thousand kisses,
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Raffaella.
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Dear son,
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I waited a few days
before writing you,
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so the anger and
worry would subside.
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I repeat for the
umpteenth time:
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Listen to the advice
of your parents,
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who are impartial!
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Don’t let yourself be lead away by
your excessively exuberant nature,
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And learn to control
your temper ...
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Dear String Bean,
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... and think before
you do anything.
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Last night’s phone call
really pleased me.
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Because you sounded
emotional and very homesick.
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Your desire to come home,
and not back to prison,
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as you used to call it,
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has given me faith
and hope once again.
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Surely the Lord
must have heard my prayers,
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and must have read
what was in your good heart.
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Because you take after Dad and me.
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I would like to be with you always,
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nude in bed,
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or embracing in your little car.
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And He must have placed
his hand on your head.
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When you come back to Bergamo,
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it will be more difficult
for you to come and see me.
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I have started believing
in you again since last night.
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So let’s try and make the most
of these last days of freedom.
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Milan, 22nd March, 1966.
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Dear Elio,
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let me tell you the latest
that has happened to me.
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Last night, around nine,
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I went for a ride in a Fiat
850 Spider with my schoolmate.
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It was his car,
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but I was driving
because he was tired.
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At a certain point
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a wild mare
stops in front of us.
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I slam on the brakes
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and almost send her
back to the Creator.
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She jumps into the car
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precisely on top
of my friend’s balls
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and begs me to drive
away as fast as possible.
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I obey and we’re off!
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And then she starts crying
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and she tells me that someone
wanted to skin her alive.
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In the meantime my friend
had adjusted his seat position
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and was caressing her thighs.
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She was kind of resisting,
and going along with it, at the same time.
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So much that
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I thought it best to head
towards a little hotel in the outskirts.
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As soon as we arrive,
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this woman, with a jaunty air,
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takes my hand and says:
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"Wanna go to bed with me,
sweetheart?"
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Conclusion:
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Three fucks for me,
two fucks for my friend.
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The story about the guy that
wanted to kill her was rubbish.
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She was a very cunning hooker
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with an extraordinarily
tight pussy.
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She ripped us off
of 5.000 Lira apiece.
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And remember:
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Whether your fate be black or white,
long live pussy and Barbera wine!
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Nino.
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Dear Monster,
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School’s about to end
and springtime is going to my head.
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I think of you at
every hour of the day,
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and I’m not able
to focus on my homework.
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Elio dear,
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Your dad has just gone out,
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and I won’t tell you what
look he had on his face.
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Dear son,
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Why did you travel at night?
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That was really reckless of you!
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Dear Elio,
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First of all,
you’ll have to forgive me
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if I haven’t been in touch
for such a long time.
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I’ve had so many
things on my mind
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that have made me
forget my friends.
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People like you and me
can’t be alone,
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we’d suffer too much!
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For this reason I try
to control my jealousy.
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Let me know if I have to get
Maria’s gold wedding band
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or if we want to do that
together when you get back.
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It’s a particularly
bad period for me too.
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I feel very lonely.
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I’d thought about finding
a steady girlfriend.
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Viviana seemed the most suitable.
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Unfortunately I kept banging
my head against the wall
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but there was no way
with her anymore.
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Especially after what happened.
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Maybe I deserve it after all.
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You told me you make love
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with other girls just for fun.
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But if you really loved me,
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I don’t think you would do that.
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Remember to hurry and send
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all the license information
to the insurance company.
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Let’s hope that
everything you’ve written
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in the certified letter is true.
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If you’ve lied about
anything let me know.
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Maybe we can still fix it.
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I was really sorry to hear
that you’ve broken up with Maria.
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I hadn’t imagined that
things could go so badly.
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Elio, do you really love me?
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I promise I won’t ask you
anymore about the others.
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But you have to be sincere
with me about Maria.
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As you must have noticed
from the paper,
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I’m writing from
my father’s office.
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The fact is that
I work with him now.
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I think I’m going to stay
in this office until the 28th,
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until the night before
I go off to be a soldier.
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Make sure you’re free
at 1:30pm on Friday.
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If I can, I’ll call you
from the company.
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Wait until 2pm.
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Contrarily, go ahead
and go out for a walk,
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because that will mean I wasn’t
able to obtain the phone call.
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Now I have to say goodbye,
because duty calls.
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I hope
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to have news from you soon.
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Keep writing,
tell me how you’re doing.
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And if you don’t have
anything else to do,
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write me a long letter,
talk to me about you.
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Sometimes the things
you aren’t able to say,
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you’re able to write.
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Please don’t disappoint me again.
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Who knows when we’ll meet again.
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I can’t wait to hug you again.
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I love you so much.
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Raffaella.