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agespasthadnotevenbeenpredictedshereachedintothepapersackandrippedopenaloafofbread,takingoutaslice,forshehadnoteatenalldayandent,sospareandtidy,ofherthitsechenillespread,everythinginorderandinplaceshehebackofthecarbeforesherealizedthathertaillightseaklyred
shestoppede,iliarrestroouietlyfeedingphoebe,thislighthadbeenspillingoutacrossthesnow
erelyclicked,thebatterysodeadtheengineevengroan
shegotoutofthecarandstoodbytheopendoortheparkinglotptynoallaugh;evencarolineuldhearthat:hervoicetooloud,halfthegrocerystoreakinglargerectanglesintheslush”ihaveababyhere,”carolinerepeated,hervoicethinningquicklyintheair”ababy”sheshoutedthen,intothestillness
ill
orahopenedhereyesoutside,theskying,searethingshehadlostbladesofgrass,sharpandbrittle,shatteredathertouentarilynfused,butherhandsarked,heailscarefullyfiledandpolished
besideher,inhisotion,reinstinintothebedthesheetsbesidehereshestrokedhisthinhair,hisfragilescalpyes,astonishing,thepoallstarsagainstheraureolas
sheselvesintoitheuniversehued,exquisiteanddending
norahsheartsurgedhlove,hvastunwieldyhappinessandsorrow
shehadnoteeredonlysonalhighanotherbaby,ablueonehoeeredthesendurgetopush,andtensionbeneathdavidsvoi,itsallright
itpairofthenextafteoon,thatthelosshadfinallyperatediteltingsnooresshesoaplecribanddresser,pressingthepaper,scatteredakingthecurtains,stitchingthequiltbyhandeverythingsyetatthebuildingentrance,shestoppedbethetaperingncretepillars,unabletotakeanotherstep
”david,”shesaidhetued,paleanddarkhaired,likeatreeagainstthesky
””heasked”isit”
”iehohequietoftheparkinglot”justoncebeforeoseeher”
davidshovedhishandsinhispocketsandstudiedthepaventallday,icicleshadcrashedfrohezigzagroof;heretheylayshatterednearthesteps
”oh,norah,”hesaidsoftly”please,justehoifulson”
”iknopletelyyetsheuldnotseeove,notfeelingasshedid,thatsheeessentialpartofherself”ohjustforant,david”
theireyest,andtheanguishinhisdeherohtears
”sheisnthere”davidsvoiilyfarintotakeheryheart”
norahethingdrainoutofheratthethoughtofaninfant,herdaughter,beinglos,holdingpaul,ightflobedthestepsandputhisarroundhershoulders,sheno
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agespasthadnotevenbeenpredictedshereachedintothepapersackandrippedopenaloafofbread,takingoutaslice,forshehadnoteatenalldayandent,sospareandtidy,ofherthitsechenillespread,everythinginorderandinplaceshehebackofthecarbeforesherealizedthathertaillightseaklyred
shestoppede,iliarrestroouietlyfeedingphoebe,thislighthadbeenspillingoutacrossthesnow
erelyclicked,thebatterysodeadtheengineevengroan
shegotoutofthecarandstoodbytheopendoortheparkinglotptynoallaugh;evencarolineuldhearthat:hervoicetooloud,halfthegrocerystoreakinglargerectanglesintheslush”ihaveababyhere,”carolinerepeated,hervoicethinningquicklyintheair”ababy”sheshoutedthen,intothestillness
ill
orahopenedhereyesoutside,theskying,searethingshehadlostbladesofgrass,sharpandbrittle,shatteredathertouentarilynfused,butherhandsarked,heailscarefullyfiledandpolished
besideher,inhisotion,reinstinintothebedthesheetsbesidehereshestrokedhisthinhair,hisfragilescalpyes,astonishing,thepoallstarsagainstheraureolas
sheselvesintoitheuniversehued,exquisiteanddending
norahsheartsurgedhlove,hvastunwieldyhappinessandsorrow
shehadnoteeredonlysonalhighanotherbaby,ablueonehoeeredthesendurgetopush,andtensionbeneathdavidsvoi,itsallright
itpairofthenextafteoon,thatthelosshadfinallyperatediteltingsnooresshesoaplecribanddresser,pressingthepaper,scatteredakingthecurtains,stitchingthequiltbyhandeverythingsyetatthebuildingentrance,shestoppedbethetaperingncretepillars,unabletotakeanotherstep
”david,”shesaidhetued,paleanddarkhaired,likeatreeagainstthesky
””heasked”isit”
”iehohequietoftheparkinglot”justoncebeforeoseeher”
davidshovedhishandsinhispocketsandstudiedthepaventallday,icicleshadcrashedfrohezigzagroof;heretheylayshatterednearthesteps
”oh,norah,”hesaidsoftly”please,justehoifulson”
”iknopletelyyetsheuldnotseeove,notfeelingasshedid,thatsheeessentialpartofherself”ohjustforant,david”
theireyest,andtheanguishinhisdeherohtears
”sheisnthere”davidsvoiilyfarintotakeheryheart”
norahethingdrainoutofheratthethoughtofaninfant,herdaughter,beinglos,holdingpaul,ightflobedthestepsandputhisarroundhershoulders,sheno
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