Saturday, December 09, 2006

Black Wave

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There's this defining moment in Hemmingway's 'The Sun Also Rises' when someone asks the main character how we went broke. "Gradually, then suddenly," he answers.

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So I'm back in El Paso, waiting for a Friday morning flight. Things have come, as they say, full circle.

I have not slept in 48 hours. Quite seriously, I'm too tired to sleep. Time feels like this black wave pulling me in any direction but the shore.

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Suddenly. I hope that's my plane flight on Friday, not the loss of my sanity.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Look at that long hair! I guess we'll be seeing that again shortly.

It's not a black wave, it's a sling shot that is taking a REALLY long time to cock all the way back. But honey, on Friday, it's going to sling you here so fast, back to your wife, and family and well, normalcy. Hang in there. The end is in sight. Love you.