Monthly Archives: August 2007

Lady

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It’s rare that I write any­thing for any­one other than myself. I wrote “Only the Great­est Gets to Go” (col­lected in Bro­ken Morn­ings) for my friend Sarah years ago, on a cold win­try evening when I never felt more alone in a sea of lab-rats… she had a laugh that could waken the dead and

I Couldn’t Ask For More

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“Are you happy?”
I have been ask­ing her this a lot of late. I haven’t been see­ing her much; do best friends have to? Per­haps. She tells me each time that she is, and I’m sur­prised each time. I would have been lonely but per­haps she is less needy than me. Per­haps despite her bur­dens she man­ages