true story (or part of one)

[justholdstill]

He fell in love and left town; within six months the tall, lean, black-eyed young man he'd gone with was gone too and he slept under the roofs of half a dozen fledgling friends. Got a job selling ice cream, to keep himself in cigarettes and faith, called me from the chilly booth with his feet up on the counters, ignoring the customers, insisting

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[leviathan0999]

The moon never grew so sharp, nor cut so deep, as your words here and now.

Beautiful, haunting, heartbreaking.