{"id":534,"date":"2004-10-22T21:03:00","date_gmt":"2004-10-23T04:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliashih.com\/blog\/?p=534"},"modified":"2004-10-22T21:03:00","modified_gmt":"2004-10-23T04:03:00","slug":"534","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juliashih.com\/?p=534","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

and now\u2026a story set to jimmy webb\u2019s “wichita lineman”<\/strong><\/p>\n

and in their heads,
what does it matter if i could
never make you happy?<\/em><\/p>\n

in a place that leaves no room for mistakes
unless you count small talk and sly glances
over two lonely souls meeting and comparing chains<\/p>\n

except one is secretly free.<\/p>\n

(i broke every bone in my hands to keep from reaching for you.)<\/em><\/p>\n

did i mention
one of them was coming from a world where sex was
the price to be paid for a warm body and a heartbeat with which to be
lulled to sleep?<\/p>\n

(you\u2019re trespassing in someone
else\u2019s house, she said.<\/p>\n

but then\u2026she was gone.)<\/em><\/p>\n

so as i was saying:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2014moods like the ocean whipped about in a storm.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201ci wouldn\u2019t mind seeing a thunderstorm,\u201d she said
so\u2026\u2026.
so calmly.
<\/em>
and then it hit me.
still plainly obvious to everyone but me.<\/p>\n

what about the calm after the storm,
when one would presume to
look around and realize all that survives<\/p>\n

the ocean
the sky<\/em><\/p>\n

the you<\/p>\n

and the I\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

and forever is all that is left.<\/em><\/p>\n

yes. what of it then?<\/p>\n

the restless ocean exhaled another patient sigh
waiting
as a stoic castle\u2019s walls began to show the first signs of crumbling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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