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it was all i could do. to beg. to plead. maybe she’d turn around, maybe she wouldn’t. i couldn’t have rallied any harder even if i’d wanted to.

Posted By graciedear On 03.13.2012 @ 9:03 pm

Patience, patience. If only I had the time to wait for you to come around.

Patience, patience.

She’ll keep you waiting for a thousand years.

Posted By graciedear On 09.30.2010 @ 11:35 am

she looked around the room as he mixed drinks in the kitchen. family photographs, vases from around the world, satin pillows, and a single coaster, painted by the hands of a little one with the words “I love you, Dad”….

Posted By graciedear On 09.29.2010 @ 3:12 pm

i know them. lots of them. they go to work at 4:00pm. they leave work at 12:30am. they make $2.13 per hour, and trust on the faces they see each night to make up the difference. a lot of times, those faces don’t. or won’t. bastards.

Posted By graciedear On 09.27.2010 @ 5:53 am

if i could afford to pay the postage i’d mail myself to you

wrapped up in tissue stuffed in a box with packing peanuts

Posted By graciedear On 09.25.2010 @ 7:41 pm

we’re held together. we’re never apart. it’s almost like being in love.

Posted By graciedear On 09.24.2010 @ 1:10 pm

we sit down to dinner at the table at his parents’ house every saturday. i can’t help but notice that his mother keeps her home impeccable. i am really hoping he doesn’t expect the same from me. i was raised much less formally. there were 6 of us kids. there wasn’t time to keep up with the dust.

Posted By graciedear On 09.20.2010 @ 3:09 pm