sometimes

the nothing becomes a something

and

sometimes a something is almost too much to bear

so one wants to stay in the nothing

there was a house fire last evening

six houses up the road from us

it is the house of a friend of ours

a friend we have had for a very long time

my friend didn't make it out of the fire

and her husband is in the burn unit in Richmond Va

with 3rd degree burns

and a broken heart

while we were having dinner

my friend died

and

 I can't understand

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