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This reads as a quiet reckoning with time, when a birthday makes a person feel both older and still unfinished. It can be taken to mean that growing up is not a straight line, and that even after much has passed, life can still feel open, early, and full of becoming. It lands in moments of reflection, when someone is counting both what has happened and what still remains.
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Originally said in English.
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About Simon Van Booy
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