was he reaching
it occurred to
him he was
think when you take solace or assurance from a film
she said I realised I’ve never been lonely before.
he said Welcome to the planet.
It’s possible he’s working his way here, right?
Or he just stopped calling. Stopped being interested.
Impossible, he’s just stuck
somewhere without reception . .
.
. For a month?
Yes. Why not?
its not implausible
Art imitates Life
his brother was serving in the
Marines overseas Japan he had a very beautiful girl inside and out
waiting at home waiting on his return they exchanged letters as hot and heavy as post can be
threefour letters a
week for weeks
then he didnt receive anything
for a week
he kept writing
then another week
he kept writing
another onetwo weeks
he lost his shit and wrote her a
scathing letter what
is a Dear John letter called when it is written to a woman
his leave finally came through
she reached outcalled
him left a message with their mother
he called her back
they arranged to meet at the
housetheir parents home she remembered Like I could forget. she said
she told him how excited she was
to read all his letters when she got out of the hospital
she almost died
You wrote me and told me exactly
what you thought of me.
I
didn’t know.
We promised each other.
his brother started to cry
he remembered
seeing them through the front window where it looked onto the front porch
where they sat
where his brother introduced them
he watched
his brother cry
watched her cry
then she heaved herself to her feet crossed to where his brother sat and
stood for a minute with her hand gently on top of his head
then she left
walked down to the street curb
where she parked
she got into the car and drove away
didnt look back
YES. WHY NOT?
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