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I was sad to leave.

I was sad to leave.

Everything was a kind of game.

Everything was a kind of game.

Everything was still stripped and bare.

Everything was still stripped and bare.

The world was made of sound.

The world was made of sound.

Everything could be drumming.

Everything could be drumming.

You were finding out that everything made a sound.

You were finding out that everything made a sound.

If only he could float through the window.

If only he could float through the window.

It’s sad. It’s a sad story.

It’s sad. It’s a sad story.

There’s nothing the matter.

There’s nothing the matter.

Don’t look at me.

Don’t look at me.

You are innocent.

You are innocent.

Or are we near-strangers, just assuming and pretending?

Or are we near-strangers, just assuming and pretending?

There are versions of happiness.

There are versions of happiness.

They avoided fights but sought arguments.

They avoided fights but sought arguments.

So what do you think they should do?

So what do you think they should do?

So how does it feel over there?

So how does it feel over there?

Things are going well.

Things are going well.

Some people are like that.

Some people are like that.

This is of course a metaphor.

This is of course a metaphor.

It had taken years before their affair was truly over.

It had taken years before their affair was truly over.

You had to really cultivate an ending.

You had to really cultivate an ending.

The secret depths her smile concealed.

The secret depths her smile concealed.

The bog crickets were doing a raspy ventriloquy of the stars.

The bog crickets were doing a raspy ventriloquy of the stars.

You know nothing about her.

You know nothing about her.

She wouldn’t know where to begin.

She wouldn’t know where to begin.

I need to slow down.

I need to slow down.

We were on a narrow street in the city center.

We were on a narrow street in the city center.

But, what did I find?

But, what did I find?

We only have limited information to go on.

We only have limited information to go on.

Through the years to come, she’d remember these days of calm.

Through the years to come, she’d remember these days of calm.

It was about to say something if she only watched hard enough.

It was about to say something if she only watched hard enough.

What are you doing here?

What are you doing here?

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