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True Enough

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…one can be in love with several people at the same time,
feel the same sorrow with each, and not betray any of them
~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Joe lost his old love to cancer. I don’t say former, because he
still loved her, even though he has been with another for
many years now. There’s nothing wrong about this—
many hearts are true enough to handle it. Her
dying happened in slow motion, like in a
dream you know is a dream but you
can’t wake up from. You get to
an age when this shit is to be
expected; still it doesn’t
diminish the pain.
Anyway, her
name was
Ruth

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  • A white man with shoulder-length white hair and a white beard.

    After flunking out of art school, Alan Abrams spent many years working in motorcycle shops, and traversing the country, solo, on two wheels. Always a tinkerer with words, his stories and poems have been published in literary journals and anthologies in the US, UK, and Ireland. His poem “Aleinu” published by Bourgeon, was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. He has recently completed his first novel.