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"...with each one of us now
and forevermore." Amen.
:32:33
Strange that Denys isn't here.
:32:37
I think he is offwith Berkeley.
:32:49
In the daysandhours
that Denys wasat home...
:32:53
we spoke ofnothing ordinary.
:32:56
Not ofmytroubles
with the farm--
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mynotes due
andmy failing crop--
:33:03
orofhis, with his work...
:33:06
what he knew washappening
toAfrica.
:33:11
Orofanythingat all
that wassmallandreal.
:33:17
We liveddisconnected...
:33:21
andapart from things.
:33:25
Ihadbeen making up stories
while he wasaway.
:33:28
In the evenings,
he made himselfcomfortable...
:33:32
spreading cushionslike a couch
in front ofthe fire.
:33:36
And with mesitting cross-legged
likeShahrazade herself...
:33:41
he wouldlisten, cleareyed,
to a long tale...
:33:47
from when it began
untilit ended.