Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love

by Marianne Cronin

The sun is bright and promising summer. I have it in me, she is saying. Just you wait. One morning you’ll wake up and boom! You’ll have forgotten about winter. I’ll touch all the dark corners. I’ll bring you days, but doubled. I’ll bring gardens and parks, drinks with crackling ice. I’ll bring that feeling of possibility. Of hope.

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