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You do right by me, I'll show you a life most suckers can't even dream of.
Sara Gruen
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Sara Gruen
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
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The thought has cheered me, and I'd like to hang onto that. Must protect my little pockets of happiness.
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Even when I look straight into the milky blue eyes I can't find myself any more. When did I stop being me?
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With a secret like that, at some point the secret itself becomes irrelevant. The fact that you kept it does not.
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I roll onto my side and stare out the venetian blinds at the blue sky beyond. After a few minutes I'm lulled into a sort of peace. The sky, the sky--same as it always was.
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Why the hell shouldn't I run away with the circus?
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I am further back, surrounded on all sides by wailing men, their faces shiny with tears. Uncle Al promised three dollars and a bottle of Canadian whiskey to the man who puts on the best show. You've never seen such grief-- even the dogs were howling.
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I hate this bizarre policy of protective exclusion, because it effectively writes me off the page.
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It's as though I've been sleepwalking and suddenly woken to find myself here
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But it all zipped by. One minute Marlena and I were up to our eyeballs, and the next thing we knew the kids were borrowing the car and fleeing the coop for college. And now, here I am. In my nineties and alone.
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How is it that everyone on this train has so much alcohol? We always head to Canada at the beginning of the season, she says taking her seat again. Their laws are much more civilized. Cheers.
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Honey, I plan to marry you the moment the ink is dry on that death certificate.
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Life is the most spectacular show on earth.
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I want her to melt into me, like butter on toast. I want to absorb her and walk around for the rest of my days with her encased in my skin. I want.
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Then I lie down on the horse blanket and drift into a dream about Marlena that will probably cost me my soul.
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