Sara Lavdas

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Why is it so important, they whine, what’s the big deal? I make them a list one night. A list they won’t possibly understand for twenty to thirty years, but I am trying to write things down: Because you will find that the fruit will drop, but rarely into your mouth. Because the bathroom faucet sticks, and please makes the stronger hand less weary. Because on summer nights the expectant sky cloaks the trees like a bed sheet, and storm cells spit tornados toward us from deeper south, and the willow oak in the backyard is a monster, and every night we lie down at its feet. Because we never taught ...more
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