Our Souls at Night

by Kent Haruf

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Who would have thought at this time in our lives that we’d still have something like this. That it turns out we’re not finished with

changes and excitements. And not all dried up in body and spirit. And we’re not even doing what people think we’re doing.

But I haven’t tried this for years either. The limp time has come, as the poet says.