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On Not Letting Go
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•38• On Not Letting Go It’sanillness,likeamudslideofdriftlessgraves, soshekeepsonmoving. Eachnewtownhasitsspinesandarteries. TheWoolworths,Starbucks,Blimpees manufacturingatrueimpression notunlikelife.Thedrugstore’sneon scizzoringlazerandamberinthesummer’sdark. Mostlyshewishesshecould wantagain—wantanything— Thewayherlover’sgroinwouldtwitch eachtimeshetouchedanearvein,andtouched onlyinaparticular,mercurialway. Who else by now has traveled there? Themind’spoisonmakingtoomanywrongturns. Allthemyriadwaysourdaysdrift,andwedrift withthem,acquaintedandlost. Atfirstitallfeelspurposeful, applesripeandblazingintheorchard, buthungerbreaksuslikeawidesky. Soon,ourhandsbecomethehandsofsomeone wevaguelyremember,gauntanddesperate, holdingtootightlytodays yawningwhite withspace. ...