~ LIFE IN A SMALL TOWN ~
william pauley III
Dee held her baby in her arms
and told me her mother attempted suicide
the week before.
She almost smiled when she said it.
Her mother was asleep
in the chair beside us.
Her own snoring often woke her.
I stood to leave
and kissed Dee goodbye.
Our second kiss was at the funeral.
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