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Baton

Catch me if you can, my hand outstretched, reaching for you even as you run — we do this relay in remembrance of a partnership we once had. When I falter, you will overtake me, and when I fall, you … Continue reading

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Promises

A sudden gasp of breath into rattling lungs and she is rolling over and getting to her feet. This is the fourth time she has come back to life, and it is beginning to take its toll. She looks around, … Continue reading

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The Honeymoon is Over

I am the last of the white hot nobodies, burning out to ash in a vacuum of cold silence. Don’t cry for me; I won’t remember my own pain in but a moment. All is well.

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To Begin Again

It is hard to start over, hard to begin again, when the lines you think you might color outside turn out to be not lines, not grooves, but chasms. Inside and outside, they are the borders that keep you where … Continue reading

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Ends of Things

Maybe you will recognize some of these as the ends of stories, movies, plays, pieces of my fiction, songs, iconic moments in pop culture, or even moments in your own lives. I’ll bet we share a bunch of the last … Continue reading

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