Stories tagged “disillusionment”
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nonetheless
If she had asked me to describe you a year ago, I would have told her about the first time I saw a meteor shower with my own eyes. The all-consuming thrill of witnessing something so beautiful mark my dark sky. If she asked me today, I would tell her a...
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Christmas with Socrates
I sat back in my chair listening to the fat guy with the shirt advertising “Socrates Plumbing” next to me bark into his phone. The bus rolled down an exit ramp that merged into an empty Route 50 west. East-bound traffic was backed up for mi...
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December Snow
Too many dark Decembers have passed without my knowledge; uncounted Christmases and New Year’s Days spent trying to stay alive. Seven years of fighting have blurred together into an incoherent swirl. The only thing I remember clearly is snow, whi...
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December Snow (Reposted)
Too many dark Decembers have passed without my knowledge; uncounted Christmases and New Year’s Days spent trying to stay alive. Seven years of fighting have blurred together into an incoherent swirl. The only thing I remember clearly is snow, whi...