Tag: Dead wife
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She is not here
She was here — and then she wasn’t here. She was here for thirty-four years — here and there, here being a rundown bungalow sixty miles north of Manhattan, there being the many places we lived and visited. Many times her absence spirals out of control and turns into a nightmare, and noisily flows the gin.…
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Tokin’ with Jesus
My wife was a believer, especially when she was high. I try to be, but I can’t get there. Jesus was always high, as were his disciples.
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Vengeance is Mine, saith the blah blah blah
I have only one request — that you not bring down your final wrath in hospital. Allow me to be stricken in my own home.
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“Is this the end of Rico?”
That’s how he wants to go out — shot down like Johnny Rocco and “Mad Dog” Roy Earle and Cody Jarrett (“Top of the the world, Ma, top of the world!”)
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The electrical essence of the soul
The night sky flashed through the window and five seconds later the crash of thunder. The sky had come a-calling.
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Pray your brains out, but don’t hold your breath
From now on I will address my prayers to someone I have more faith in, and who, in fact, is almost as powerful as God.
Mary Saves the Day 