A modern man, I do not make undue connections though my hea… - Jim Harrison

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A modern man, I do not make undue connections though my heart wrenches daily against the unknowable, almighty throb and heave of the universe against my skin that sings a song for which we haven't quite found the words.

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Isabel saw all their lives becoming history in units of days and nights so fatally private there was no one left for her to love.

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Often, lately, the night is a cold maw
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