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find me in reality, Lord. Help me define my vocation. I’m kneeling
here, on this hard wood floor, asking. Even my problems aren’t real.
Please don’t let me feel this. I don’t have a real bit in my body. Mike
proved that tonight. Nothing will ever happen to me, unless I make
it happen. Amen.
I knelt stock still.
In the hall, Doc banged into the bathroom, making asthmatic
sounds. Then around the cracks in his bedroom door his light went
out. Mike came in from the porch, dropped off his clothes, and
crawled into the other bed. I heard him rustling the covers, settling
down on the old creaky roll-away. Finally the room was silent around
me as I knelt there, hiding myself, but only for a minute. One last
burst of fireworks lit the room.
“For God’s sake, Ryan,” Mike said. “Get in bed.”

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