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No one accused anybody, not directly.
It was a show of power.
I didn’t know what to do with all the sadness.
I have been alone in much worse places.
I felt I made no impression.
We walked home in silence.
Honestly, I don’t think that would help.
What did I think I was doing?
It reminded me somehow of childhood.
I looked down at the frenzy below.
We can’t all be innocent.
I really don’t know what happened.
How long can you live like that?
Maybe I’m being stupid.
It gave me a breathless feeling.
What an odd fish!
I am so relaxed right now.
You don’t look all that comfortable to me.
We had nothing but time.
We drove back to the house in silence.
It’s not about anything.
Do others have to lose so we can win?
It was the first day of my humilation.
We still believe in getaways.
Not everything goes round and round.
In truth, there is never a good moment.
Then the time ran out.
Life’s certainly an up-and-down, up-and-down sort of affair.
What are we doing?
What is the solution to life?
But, to be fair, it is hard to dance in water.
We will not be judged.
Round and round we go.
We enjoy one another’s company.
It’s a pose: it can’t last long.
We’re submerged, all of us.
But she lives by it.
This is of course a metaphor.
She is tall and handsome and sly and courageous.
At fourteen he was brave but reckless.
Aren’t we all friends here?
Even if it’s for only an hour or so.
All humans, no matter what they do, like very much to be liked.
No matter where in the world.
Night, too, has its advantages.
At sunset we are all still together.
“And always a village, never a town.”
It has the sound of something totally inevitable.
You will never be done with it.
And you just can’t do it like that.