II. Brace myself and let go...

[All that you can't leave behind...]



( The next afternoon, after the children had gone on home, she sat at her desk listening to the pitter-patter of the rain on the roof )

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III. We are crooked souls trying to stay up straight...

[Brace myself and let go...]




( It rained all through the evening, and on into the night )

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IV. Ashes in the water, Ashes in the sea...

[We are crooked souls trying to stay up straight...]




( She had to find him )

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V. It all fell to pieces.

[Ashes in the water, Ashes in the sea...]




( These are the facts )

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