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1 | you | ||
2 | never | ||
3 | can | ||
4 | tell | ||
5 | just | ||
6 | when | ||
7 | charlie | ||
8 | sheen | ||
9 | will | ||
10 | enter | ||
11 | your | ||
12 | life | ||
13 | for | ||
14 | me | ||
15 | it | ||
16 | was | ||
17 | last | ||
18 | thursday | ||
19 | i | ||
20 | was | ||
21 | reading | ||
22 | some | ||
23 | translation | ||
24 | of | ||
25 | a | ||
26 | japanese | ||
27 | translation | ||
28 | of | ||
29 | the | ||
30 | raven | ||
31 | in | ||
32 | which | ||
33 | the | ||
34 | poe | ||
35 | and | ||
36 | the | ||
37 | raven | ||
38 | become | ||
39 | friends | ||
40 | at | ||
41 | one | ||
42 | point | ||
43 | the | ||
44 | raven | ||
45 | gets | ||
46 | very | ||
47 | sick | ||
48 | and | ||
49 | poe | ||
50 | feeds | ||
51 | him | ||
52 | at | ||
53 | his | ||
54 | bedside | ||
55 | and | ||
56 | nurses | ||
57 | him | ||
58 | back | ||
59 | to | ||
60 | health | ||
61 | the | ||
62 | story | ||
63 | was | ||
64 | very | ||
65 | heartwarming | ||
66 | and | ||
67 | sad | ||
68 | at | ||
69 | the | ||
70 | same | ||
71 | time | ||
72 | and | ||
73 | my | ||
74 | tears | ||
75 | were | ||
76 | welling | ||
77 | up | ||
78 | when | ||
79 | suddenly | ||
80 | i | ||
81 | heard | ||
82 | a | ||
83 | knock | ||
84 | on | ||
85 | my | ||
86 | door | ||
87 | i | ||
88 | shuffled | ||
89 | over | ||
90 | sniffling | ||
91 | but | ||
92 | managing | ||
93 | to | ||
94 | keep | ||
95 | my | ||
96 | cheeks | ||
97 | dry | ||
98 | to | ||
99 | open | ||
100 | it | ||
101 | of | ||
102 | course | ||
103 | charlie | ||
104 | was | ||
105 | beaming | ||
106 | on | ||
107 | the | ||
108 | other | ||
109 | side | ||
110 | with | ||
111 | a | ||
112 | bag | ||
113 | of | ||
114 | flowers | ||
115 | and | ||
116 | a | ||
117 | grin | ||
118 | like | ||
119 | a | ||
120 | dog's | ||
121 | he | ||
122 | bounded | ||
123 | in | ||
124 | the | ||
125 | room | ||
126 | without | ||
127 | saying | ||
128 | hello | ||
129 | and | ||
130 | threw | ||
131 | the | ||
132 | flowers | ||
133 | in | ||
134 | the | ||
135 | sink | ||
136 | opened | ||
137 | the | ||
138 | refrigerator | ||
139 | and | ||
140 | started | ||
141 | poking | ||
142 | around | ||
143 | i | ||
144 | said | ||
145 | it's | ||
146 | nice | ||
147 | to | ||
148 | see | ||
149 | you | ||
150 | too | ||
151 | and | ||
152 | went | ||
153 | to | ||
154 | my | ||
155 | room | ||
156 | to | ||
157 | get | ||
158 | a | ||
159 | camera | ||
160 | as | ||
161 | well | ||
162 | as | ||
163 | a | ||
164 | notebook | ||
165 | for | ||
166 | him | ||
167 | to | ||
168 | sign | ||
169 | when | ||
170 | i | ||
171 | came | ||
172 | back | ||
173 | he | ||
174 | was | ||
175 | on | ||
176 | the | ||
177 | floor | ||
178 | hunched | ||
179 | and | ||
180 | groaning | ||
181 | i | ||
182 | looked | ||
183 | on | ||
184 | the | ||
185 | table | ||
186 | to | ||
187 | see | ||
188 | a | ||
189 | month-old | ||
190 | half-gallon | ||
191 | of | ||
192 | milk | ||
193 | now | ||
194 | cottage | ||
195 | cheese | ||
196 | half-empty | ||
197 | and | ||
198 | dripping | ||
199 | the | ||
200 | remnants | ||
201 | were | ||
202 | on | ||
203 | his | ||
204 | mouth | ||
205 | and | ||
206 | at | ||
207 | once | ||
208 | i | ||
209 | saw | ||
210 | my | ||
211 | chance | ||
212 | to | ||
213 | become | ||
214 | poe | ||
215 | in | ||
216 | this | ||
217 | translation | ||
218 | of | ||
219 | a | ||
220 | translation | ||
221 | of | ||
222 | a | ||
223 | translation | ||
224 | i | ||
225 | knelt | ||
226 | next | ||
227 | to | ||
228 | charlie | ||
229 | cradled | ||
230 | his | ||
231 | head | ||
232 | in | ||
233 | my | ||
234 | lap | ||
235 | he | ||
236 | looked | ||
237 | up | ||
238 | at | ||
239 | me | ||
240 | with | ||
241 | a | ||
242 | stare | ||
243 | full | ||
244 | of | ||
245 | terror | ||
246 | i | ||
247 | returned | ||
248 | it | ||
249 | levelly | ||
250 | making | ||
251 | cooing | ||
252 | noises | ||
253 | at | ||
254 | him | ||
255 | until | ||
256 | he | ||
257 | calmed | ||
258 | down | ||
259 | when | ||
260 | he | ||
261 | was | ||
262 | calm | ||
263 | he | ||
264 | excused | ||
265 | himself | ||
266 | to | ||
267 | be | ||
268 | sick | ||
269 | on | ||
270 | my | ||
271 | toilet | ||
272 | he | ||
273 | wouldn't | ||
274 | let | ||
275 | me | ||
276 | follow | ||
277 | but | ||
278 | said | ||
279 | he | ||
280 | would | ||
281 | sign | ||
282 | whatever | ||
283 | i | ||
284 | liked | ||
285 | when | ||
286 | he | ||
287 | got | ||
288 | back | ||
289 | after | ||
290 | half | ||
291 | an | ||
292 | hour | ||
293 | passed | ||
294 | and | ||
295 | all | ||
296 | i'd | ||
297 | had | ||
298 | for | ||
299 | company | ||
300 | was | ||
301 | the | ||
302 | ticking | ||
303 | of | ||
304 | the | ||
305 | clock | ||
306 | i | ||
307 | went | ||
308 | to | ||
309 | the | ||
310 | bathroom | ||
311 | door | ||
312 | i | ||
313 | knocked | ||
314 | carefully | ||
315 | once | ||
316 | then | ||
317 | twice | ||
318 | to | ||
319 | no | ||
320 | beaming | ||
321 | face | ||
322 | no | ||
323 | flowers | ||
324 | i | ||
325 | opened | ||
326 | the | ||
327 | door | ||
328 | there | ||
329 | was | ||
330 | shit | ||
331 | on | ||
332 | the | ||
333 | floor | ||
334 | and | ||
335 | the | ||
336 | window | ||
337 | was | ||
338 | open | ||
339 | there | ||
340 | was | ||
341 | a | ||
342 | breeze | ||
343 | blowing | ||