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the loss of a friend
Contributed by
Jan_Oskar_Hansen
on
Thursday, 26th September 2002 @ 08:30:00 AM in AEST
Topic:
Grief
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No Longer Friends
Port Of Spain hazed into a fuzzy outline,
the sea was turquoise and the ship a speck in
a bittersweet tear. He had lost his heart to
a girl in a bar but she didn’t really want him
but his shipmate Eric, later when they made
love she was still thinking of him, whispered
his name till his heart was heavy with shame
and the silence between them a scream of regret.
Next evening when Eric had asked him to join
him ashore he had looked away and said… no.
She had given Eric a picture of herself, which
he showed him and had said that she was a very
good l**; he had nearly hit his best friend then
but smiled and nodded his head. The image of
her smile stayed with him on the long voyage
back home where the shoreline was hostile, his
blood winter cold and Eric no longer his friend.
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Jan_Oskar_Hansen
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2002-09-26 08:30:00] (Date/Time posted on
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Re: the loss of a friend
(User Rating: 1 ) by chatabox on
Thursday, 26th September 2002 @ 06:53:47 PM AEST (User
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a sad tale indeed, you really captured me with this one, told so beautifully. sniff sniff. |
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