simply stunned by this. the early line about vulnerability being private really got me in.. and that was just the beginning of the raw emotional honesty of this piece.
right now, the only thing my stunned and blown mind can think to comment on is the decency of the cemetary caretaker. What an inherently decent thing to do, to let Mick stay, and to refuse Josef's money.
I'll be back with a longer comment later. Once I can actually process this amazing story.
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"...The moon's an arrant thief, and her pale fire fire she snatches from the sun..." ~William Shakespeare
I'm speechless ... I'm touched... I'm weeping ...
And first of all - I'm pondering ...
This last thing - your talent to force readers to pondering - makes your writing such good ...