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--- copyright KATE LaDEWKATE LaDEW Obscurite`, sans la musique (Dark, with no music ] True things are hardly ever real. You believe because it is fantastic. We are all fantastic, jumping from life to life, no one glances back. We effect, we cause-- There was wailing in the air and the streets were wet with tears. Men, white as snow, vanished thousands with a step of their boot. We are all fantastic: a man has missed his best friend's funeral. The paralyzed hand hangs useless as he kneels to statues, the sick hand clings to its mate, forming a cross the dead cannot see. He loved him. Jumping from life to life: I wanted you once, this is true. But you failed me. Don't you understand, I can't remember before. How could I have wanted you, it seems wrong even to think it. You let me down, and that is important. No one glances back: She smiles at him through the glass as he drives home. His eyes veer from the road only an instant, landing on the car fender in the next lane. Words rushed through her head. I could spend a whole life loving him if he'd only look at me. The car speeds up, vanishes in a sea of chrome. Her smile has failed. She wonders if he understands what happiness has been lost. She wonders if he knows, this is important. We effect: The wheelchair is state of the art, and it is not as bad as it could be. She had been in love once, because she was young, and wore short silk skirts and high, high heels. He shot her because he was in love and how could she want anyone but him? He is dead and she is not and this is important. Her wheelchair is state of the art, and her skirts are long, and her shoes are flat, and her grandchild rushes up. Huge hoop earrings, smeared lipstick, high, high heels. I used to wear these once. Bright red ones, but I had them in every color. I would dance and never lose my balance. Smile. But that was a long time ago. We cause: There are flames and ashes and everyone goes home early to watch in safety. a message blinks red. Close your eyes, it's only voices now. I called-- I wanted you to know-- and this is important-- I wanted you to know, I loved you. In all the world, you moved me. The red light blinks again. Do you want to hear more? There are others who thought of you before they died. They couldn't let you down. They remembered you. The world is a carousel, dark, with no music.
REPAIR: Concourse or confluence of people at or in a place; resort, frequent or habitual going; making one's way; to arrive; to dwell; to heal, to cure, to recover; to renew; (AND!) to fix to original condition. Oxford English Dictionary
