That's what alcoholics do. It's in their job description: fall apart and then keep falling apart.
("The Time Traveler's Wife")
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I now have an erection that is probably tall enough to ride some of the scarier rides at Great America without a parent.
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Henry loves my hair almost as though it is a creature unto itself, as though it has a soul to call its own, as though it could love him back.
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The pain has left but I know that it has not gone far, that it is sulking somewhere in a corner or under the bed and it will jump out when I least expect it.
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