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It would have had to have been strangely dark for his feet to have missed this path. It wound up, crossing and recrossing the stream. Its steps kept open by the odd fisherman after crayfish, the impotent men going to bathe in the pool, and a few other travelers. And his hand reached out of itself for the branch that would help him over a deep place, a branch polished by many hands. Warm air sighing through the pines.

"Imagine the hands that built these flowers turning to dust." "English is everywhere, and whether it is a spa promotion or a sale on high heels, for a moment you are literate again."

I want to be Lucia Berlin when I grow up.

"They let me leave without having to show identification, and a mix of resentment, gratitude, and guilt covered me like a heavy coat."

...children speaking out of turn:
"I'd buy that book."
"Me, too."
"That's something I would read."
"I like to read and I'd read that."
"It's good."
"Yeah, it's great."
"It's awesome."
A cacophony of pubescent voices answers the questions always tugging at your heart.
Yes, your work could matter to someone.

"You were slow and clumsy like long division, and Charles overpowered you like Algebra II."