a moment ~ gone by ~ in words ~scribbled

around the pain
20 July 2004
3:30 p.m.

My throat is swollen today with pain--perhaps allergies--simple, mundane--the talking around pain.

My father's face was engulfed in a ball of fire yesterday morning. Flash.

This is the story of my life: Flash...fade...darkness....FLASH.

It was only a flash burn. Treatment: ointment and a lecture.

Smoking and oxygen.

A child and matches.

FLASH.

Who's responsible?

God, I want out of my life sometimes.

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