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1 " I know you want it back,” he says, “but I’m afraid I’m going to have tokeep it forever.” He holds it up, shows it to me. Grins. And then puts it inhis pocket. The one place I’d never dare to reach.“Why?” I can’t help but ask. “Why do you want it so much?”He spends far too long just looking at me. Not answering my question.And then he says“On the darkest days you have to search for a spot of brightness, on thecoldest days you have to seek out a spot of warmth; on the bleakest daysyou have to keep your eyes onward and upward and on the saddest days youhave to leave them open to let them cry. To then let them dry. To give them achance to wash out the pain in order to see fresh and clear once again.”“I can’t believe you have that memorized,” I whisper.He leans back again. Closes his eyes again. Says, “Nothing in this lifewill ever make sense to me but I can’t help but try to collect the change andhope it’s enough to pay for our mistakes. "
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