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Date Posted: 21:51:34 08/29/02 Thu
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Subject: Never again

'Never again' she had said to herself a thousand times and
there she was with her heart broken again, the pieces the
same as last time. I guess every time it breaks it falls
apart the same way, the glue never really holds up as well
as the original fibers did. But there it was, littering the
ground as strangers walked by in their work clothes, the
pumps of executive women reducing some of the larger pieces
to shards, the click click of shiny wing tips reducing
those shards to dust. Nobody noticed, of course, because
they were looking at their watches, or pretty women as they
walked by, or the world's state of decay as confirmed by
the morning paper.

And she tried very hard, very patiently to sweep the little
pieces up, put them together in a neat ant-hill pile, to be
melted and blown into a new replacement of a heart. But
first it all had to be amassed, as much as possible, though
of course she'd never find all of it. Small ants on the
street would occasionally hoist a piece on their backs to
meet the approval of a demanding queen. Sometimes the wind
would breeze a little too strongly and some heart would
float away like glitter in the wind, very very beautiful,
but ever so temporary. The breeze carried away to other
places a tiny bit of melancholy, the scent of which distant
children caught wind but couldn't understand.

As she swept it all up with a makeup brush, the soft pink
of blush tinted the pile and small flecks of sand also
became a part of it. She didn't mind because she was short
a few shards anyway. The people stared straight ahead or
elsewhere as she performed this task, on her knees and
getting later and later for work. But first thing first,
she thought, because this was more important and time was
of the essence.

But as she worked she found a tune to keep her company and
the words she sang said 'Never again, never again, never
again, never . . .'

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