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the day at the races. the day at the beach. the monsters. the dead. the beauty of words. the poem. the character. the story. the husband. the age. the year. the new year. the hot tub. the champagne. the dinner. the lunch. the birthday cake. the new mother. the houseparents. the hard drive. the floppy disk. the envelope. the page. the baby of the family. the picket signs. the graduation. the commencement. the chicken in sag harbor. the war. the battlefield. the frog. the pen. the horse. the flowers. the Lily. the Carter. the even-keeled people. the happy people. the ignorance. the intelligence. the happiness. the misery. the birth. the womb. the crowning. the hunger. the thirst. the first cry. the pushing. the tearing. the pink blanket. the father. the bunny rabbit. the shame. the pride. the loneliness. the fear. the confidence. the negativity. the change. the boss. the style. the shape. the figure. the talent. the tenacity. the dedication. the dream. the nightmare. the ex-boyfriend. the radio. the heat. the cold air. the antifreeze. the flowers in your hair. the chalk. the fingernails. the tent. the outhouse. the journal. the affair. the forgiveness. the fidelity. the security. the infidelity. the jealousy. the paranoia. the neuroticism. the direction. the mole. the shoes. the smell. the morning. the sunrise. the sunset. the stars. the streets. the mustard-yellow pick-up truck. the playground. the molester. the bite. the balloons. the safety. the water. the finish line. the sweater. the slippers. the wrapping paper. the christmas tree. the cheesecake. the turkey. the weight. the scale. the chocolate cake. the party. the keg. the truck. the perm. the headboard. the aspirin. the zoloft. the pills. the bleeding. the ride home. the looks. the tennis court. the judge. the judgment. the tracks. the wolf. the rainbow. the sprinkler. the hose. the dog. the bed. the covers. the comforter. the comfort zone. the rocks. the ropes. the boy. the scraped knee. the jelly. the peanut butter. the garage. the skunk. the raccoons. the blinds. the screams. the moans. the feelings. the moment. the morning after. the loss. the shattered dreams. the horror. the zipper. the ring. the jaw. the lips. the cheekbones. the gold. the hat. the hell. the warm water. the waves. the force. the survivors.

*digging through some old stuff tonight, I found this. Not really sure when I wrote it, but I wanted to record it.