this is a mini-surprise for
sonstoodstammer, who is, very factually and with absolute certitude, everything in the entirety of the whole wide world to me.
we_are_cities,
feb 03 07, 825 words:
the world owes us nothing (we owe each other the world)
pete/patrick: something about nothing turning into everything.
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there is a tone to his voice that feels like 'finally' )
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There were so many excellent sentences and amazing paragraphs in this, but I think this one was where my breath caught:
they didn’t quite know what they wanted, every single goddamn starlit night of their lives, but now -- with all the awe and urgency and momentous wordlessness those three letters will ever carry, now -- they have it.
Really, wonderful job, thank you so much for this.
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i never expected this little thing to get such responses, so your comment means a lot. thank you :)
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This is much tamer that what I usually read *winkawinka* but it hit me harder and I think this is one that I won't have to put in memories to remember (but I'll do it, just incase my mind fails me someday :) )
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This story reminded me why I love this community, and this community reminds me why I love bing alive.
Commenting from a less soppy perspective, I really do like what you're trying to say with this, and I especially like that you've set it down in somewhat less grandiose terms than a lot of stories sometimes do. That's not to say I don't love the sophistication and grandiosity. I do. But this gives me a much more grounded feel. Almost of frustration.
Excellent job.
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i'd say it's lyrical but it's still unsung. the big wide open of the road as a metaphor? of course, that's what the road is best for. and vans and tired boys and circumnavigation, of course.
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