The dog is wavering and indecisive. It lurches one way over the crest of the rise, then as if against a strong wind, it gives little yelps and glances back and forth. Small tufts of hair rise along the back of it, but somehow, Ian assures himself, not aggressively. Pushing his red, fat hand out [...]
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A side note from an article on Russian Roulette:
A case report detailing the accidental death of [a] 23-year-old man, who died of a self-inflicted stab wound with a dagger into a wooden board taped to his chest, indicated that the decedent bore a tattoo of a skull encircled by a ribbon proclaiming “Born to Lose.”
Yeah, [...]
It was Like This…
In the new dark, we found our breath exasperated…
“well”
he stuttered and then gasped greatly, relenting to exhaustion:
“you know…”
(heaving)
“fuckit”
This endorsement was conclusive.
I was grateful that he admitted our exhaustion first, because this way I didn’t have to reveal my own frailty, and with this falseness agreed with him.
“yeah, we can find a place, [...]
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