She Took My Arm As If She Loved Me (29 page)

I don't have to think about Priscilla, I never stop. Gulls are swooping overhead and I know they aren't vultures because vultures would circle, waiting; gulls have no real patience. As far as I'm concerned, the universe is still okay. She took my arm as if she loved me.

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First Edition: June 1997

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First eBook edition: September 2014