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Then Suddenly

James W. Gaynor

How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked.
“Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually, and then suddenly.”
                        Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

Our trip took longer than expected
due to stops scheduled and un-
changes in destination and
even though the mirror kept reminding me
objects were closer than they appeared
it was a message I chose to disregard

and then suddenly I was there
you were not

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