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by Robert Gryfft

Seeing him, she knew him. Or, perhaps, she needed to know him.

His stories, decisions, accomplishments. Puzzle pieces.

She'd learn to understand him--
And just talk to him.

He was a too-skinny kid with really sad eyes.

He listened. Eventually, he smiled.

For a little while, they lived.
For a long while, they remembered.