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Sherman Alexie's avatar

Damn, that hurts.

Jeffrey Salem's avatar

It hurts me too Sherman, but maybe a little less now that I've put it in lines.

Sherman Alexie's avatar

My poems help me sometimes and sometimes they don’t.

Jeffrey Salem's avatar

I think my poems have always helped me. But sometimes it's not right away in the writing. Sometimes when I've recited my own painful poem or sang my own song enough times, it heals me a bit each time until I'm better.

Sherman Alexie's avatar

Same case for me.

Benno's avatar

Reminds me of The Sopranos's ducks and how intrusion becomes absence

Jeffrey Salem's avatar

You were right. It is like the ducks. 😭

Benno's avatar

Oh! You went for it!

Jeffrey Salem's avatar

Yeah. I'm two episodes in. Great stuff so far.

Jeffrey Salem's avatar

Surprisingly Benno, I have not seen The Sopranos. I probably should bump it up in my list.

Olly von's avatar

But wait what happened to the dogs

Jeffrey Salem's avatar

We re-homed them to a family that could actually care for them.

Olly von's avatar

I am still sad that you are sad but hopefully the dogs have many grand adventures and living and loving you were just one of many

Jeffrey Salem's avatar

Thank you Olly. This events in question were actually almost two years ago. I'm mostly not sad about them anymore. That first morning was hard though.