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There are few things humans are more dedicated to than unhappiness. Had we been placed on Earth by a malign creator for the exclusive purpose of suffering, we would have good reason for congratulating ourselves on our enthusiastic response to the task.
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The frailest of gestures
I open the door and I can smell her before I see her, that unique amalgam of Camels, Maybelline, and chardonnay.
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Without it
Because, you see, honesty is not enough. And good will isn’t enough. And feeling. And kisses. And intention. And meaning. And, sadly, love is not enough.
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The Weekend
She sits alone at the plastic bench
She uses for a table
Holds a hot mug to her lips
Presses the hard bones in her elbows
To the roughly textured plastic
Of the off-white table top
This morning is softer and
She enjoys the solitude
And she, in fact,
Isn’t lonely, though
Maybe sometimes longs for
Another type of mourning
I like it best to think of [...]
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Ridiculous and profane