Amy Hempel Quotes
She Introduces Me To A Nurse As The Best Friend. The Impersonal Article Is More Intimate. It Tells Me That They Are Intimate, The Nurse And My Friend.
'I Was Telling Her We Used To Drink Canada Dry Ginger Ale And Pretend Were Were In Canada'
'That's How Dumb We Were,' I Say.
'You Could Be Sisters,' The Nurse Says.
So How Come, I'll Bet They Are Wondering, It Took Me So Long To Get To Such A Glorious Place? But Do They Ask?
They Do Not Ask.
Two Months, And How Long Is The Drive?
The Best I Can Explain It Is This - I Have A Friend Who Worked One Summer In A Mortuary. He Used To Tell Me Stories. The One That Really Got To Me Was Not Eh Grisliest, But It's The One That Did. A Man Wrecked His Care On 101 Going South. He Did Not Lose Consciousness. But His Arm Was Taken Down To The Bone - And When He Looked At It - It Scared Him To Death.
I Mean, He Died.
So I Hadn't Dared To Look Any Closer. But Now I'm Doing It - And Hoping That I Will Live Through It.
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