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Clairvoyance and the Coming Fall

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I'm about to reveal that I'm even weirder than you always suspected. Sometimes, I've just known something. As certainly as you know an apple thrown in the air will hit the ground, I've (impossibly) understood a future truth.  When I was 19, I barely knew a thing about this boy in my band class. Despite that, I felt a connection and knew that if he gave us a chance, we could last a long time together. I'd never even had a boyfriend before.  Ten months later, we started dating. We've been together 15 years. When we lived in New Mexico, I knew about our future daughter. I saw her dark hair, her dimples. At that point, I didn't even know if I wanted kids, but the image of her was so clear.  Ten years later, she is five and as vibrant and full of personality as I saw then. I share these as a precursor so that you can fully understand. When I say I had a Feeling, I want you to know what I mean. When Trump came down the escalator four years ago to announce his can