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me all the way through. When I get
to Nikki’s, the house is dark.
Her car is gone. All the stuff I left
is in two paper bags on the porch.
I reach beneath the fake rock. But I
already know the key isn’t there.
Autumn
A COLD RAIN
Is falling this morning.
Not unusual for October.
It rains a lot in San Antonio.
Warm
rain. Cool rain. Steamy
hot rain in the summer.
That part of my life, at least,
has stayed constant. Not
like
the rest of it has. Aunt
Cora, who has fallen out
of her senses in love,
is absent much too often.
I’ve
met Liam and understand
why she wants to spend
time with him. But I need
to talk, and I could
never
ask Grandfather the kind
of stuff I need to know.
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