Her body begs to be taken away and put into a warm bed with the sheets pulled high, even though nothing can help now.
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I decide to make the most of the time we got left before she gets too big for this small town.
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I rush to her side and touch her cold skin, hoping against hope for a pulse.
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I've tried praying. It gives me comfort. But not as much as a cup of tea and a ginger nut biscuit.
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Pretty girls kissed me on victory day, their lips soft red petals brushing my face.
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He hands the page to his wife and looks across the room to Colleen's picture, listening to her absence, breathing deeply the air she can't share.
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After the war I was going to make up for lost time. But the time I spent away, it's still lost. No matter what I do, it stays lost.
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Men walk through tragedy, quietly, calm and precise on the outside, tearing themselves to shreds inside.
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He looks a hell of a lot like me, only a fair bit older.
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He did what he could, and that was more than enough.
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