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My allotment
"For a man is destined to but once to live and allotted to each one time to die. This is the way it has been and will always be."
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Well, I can't really explain how it all happened or even why, so you'll get no help that way. What I can do is tell you what happened and maybe you can help me with the rest.
I was born the same as everyone else, went to school in Bozeman – hated it just like everyone else – grew up, got a girlfriend, got a job nearby; you know, I was a normal person. I got married and had two kids. I never moved out of the area. When my eldest was just three, war b
Literature
I Hate This
I HATE This!
I hate this.
I am not interested in nobility and bravery.
I shouldn't have to spell out what I need.
They all should figure it out, what is this like, for her?
They should know what they need to tell me.
You'll still be dependable, steady, pretty, desirable, competent.
They'd better not treat me like I'm made of porcelain,
No walking on eggshells around me. Do they think I'm weak?
Haven't I been strong enough?
Don't I always handle everything that's thrown at me?
I don't want that "kid glove" thing!
What? Me? Oh don't worry about it…it's no big deal.
I'm sure it will turn out to be nothing. Oh, I'll be fine,
Literature
Uncoordinated Longitude
When I picked up the phone she told me that she missed the trains
and the way the rain smelled in the summer.
I scratched a pattern in the table with my thumbnail. I stretched
the phone cord between my fingers and said I was sorry.
She asked what I had to be sorry about and I told her I didn't know.
I twisted the cord into a clover shape while I remembered
her laugh when we picked up the penny off of the tracks, tossing it
back and forth, watching it catch the light and throw it back.
She asks me where I am and I know she does not ask where so much
as why.
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I really like this, mainly because the concept is pretty original and the way you've approached it is awesome as well.
I think quite a few can relate with you there. It's like you're not leading your own life, but.. yeah. It's a complicated matter, I think.
Profound stuff, though. It's also a bit sad, too. =/
I think quite a few can relate with you there. It's like you're not leading your own life, but.. yeah. It's a complicated matter, I think.
Profound stuff, though. It's also a bit sad, too. =/