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Zara Made Me Do it

Zara Made Me Do it

Not a Pity Piece

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Amanda Goodwin
Jun 04, 2025
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Zara bullied me into beginning again.

I was nearly finished with a pity piece—not about pit bulls, but about how I can’t seem to forgive myself for anything, ever. I was halfway through blaming at least some of that on Tim McGraw’s early 2000s hit, Live Like You Were Dyin’.

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