Another line without a hook
I held you close as we both shook for the last time
Take a good hard look
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Every December, when I visit the town where I grew up, I get to update all the old friends and their families on my life.
“How are you? What are you doing now?”
Usually I give a somewhat banal answer. I am great, life is good, things are exciting! Sometimes, that’s true; and this year, moreso than the last few. But it’s also a platitude, because most of those people (though not all of them, to their credit) are looking for mere information they can file away.