In this empty air in this spacious room afternoons when the sun folds back, there is no shadow of a doubt the shadow that in the long run will fade, the shadow that for now remains, is Daniel’s: talk enough about someone, it’s like you want someone else to fall in love with him.
…………………………………………………………………Well. Sundown was windless, it touched the reservoir, like something brief but intense. Rob and I made a fire— and each piece of white birch, each smoldering coal and flare? Staring at them until sooner or later seeing became a dark night to dig to the top of. Rob took the words right out of my mouth when he said, “You’ve been pretty stoned all day.