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Now my husband’s eyes were too bright I I was getting uncomfortable from the heat “You have to do it alone ”
Joseph had had said said “It “It reminds reminds me me me me of of of the the the time time I I I I I was lost for two days in in in Columbus Park ”
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I I wiped his tears away I I I I I I had had had said said said “It “It “It reminds reminds reminds me me me me me me me me of of of of the the the the time time time I I I I I I tripped over a a a a a a a a a a a a a a jewelry box on on the the the the corner of of of of Avenue C C and and 31st and broke my leg ”
I I I I I I I slept next to to to to to to to it it it it it it on on on the the the the floor that night I I I I I I I woke up at at at 3 and and knew it it it it it it was time time At 4 4 I I I I I I I cradled it it it it it it all all all the the the the the the the way down to to to to to to 48th Street I I I I I I I stood on on on on the the the the the the the bridge and and and thought about the the the the the the day before That night my my husband had had had had had said said “It “It reminds reminds me me me of of the end ”
I I I I I had had said said “It “It reminds reminds me me me me me me of of of the the the the time time I I I I I wrote a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a book while sitting on on on a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a bench in in in in in Castle Clinton and and and an an an an agent walked by and and and asked to to to to represent it ”
But it it it it it it was in in in in in the the the chest under my my bed when I I I got back “Have you not not looked at at at it?” he he he asked Joseph had had had had said said said “It “It “It reminds reminds reminds me me me me me me me me of of of of the the the the the time time time a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a bike messenger hit hit me me me me me me me on on on Whitehall Street ”
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“Not really It’s It’s too hot hot ”
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“No “No it’s not not hot hot at at at at all all all It’s It’s too too too low And you you have to to do do it it it alone ”
I I I I I had had had had said said said “It “It “It reminds reminds reminds me me me me me me me of of of the the the the time time I I I I I was on on on 50th between Avenue B and and and JFK and and and they announced that Trump had had had had won ”
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When we took it it it it home Joseph had had said said “It “It reminds reminds me me me me me me me of of of the the the the the the the time time time I I I I I I I found a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a hundred-dollar bill on on on on the the the the the the the floor of of of Federal Hall and and and and the the the the the the the security guard told me me me me me to to to to keep it it it it ”
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I I I I jumped off the the the the bridge and and dug a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a hole where Joseph had had had found it it it it it Another one had had had taken its its place I I I I buried it it it it it still wrapped in in in in my my my sweatshirt next to its twin Arciniega holds an MDiv from Beeson Divinity School Her work has ap- peared in in in in in Burnt Pine Magazine Mad Scientist Journal Journal Rascal Journal Journal Eastern Iowa Review among others 26
First Step
Exploring our connection to manufactured steel and the the fact fact that we must always take the the next step hand-forged mild steel 20'' x x 15'' x x 3'' By Monica Coyne