novembre

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as Townes would say, \"Aw, but that's the way it goes.\"

I met him at the beginning of summer, at a show in Albany. This is how I met him: I wandered over to the back of the bar where I saw a couple people that I knew. My friend K was standing in front of him, with her back to me, so I didn't see him right away. She turned around and hugged me, and then introduced me to him.

"Have you met >>>?" And that's the first time I looked at him: I was two feet away from him, turning towards him, reaching out to shake his hand.
For a few stretched-out seconds, my body froze and my insides melted. Did you ever ride the Devil Drop at the fair? Do you remember how your body felt at the very top of the ride?

It is that exact sensation I have now, whenever I wonder how he is doing.

6:20 pm - 11.14.06

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