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Hawk's avatar

Hello, in all honesty I was not expecting to get sucked in, but I got sucked in nontheless, and if that's not a hallmark of good writing I'm not sure what is.

little miss no name's avatar

this brought me to tears, such a brilliant piece...such a sweet piece.

Yuchin Lin's avatar

So moving, a very sweet and memorable friendship!

PETER VACK's avatar

So beautiful.

watchitlikeyoutube's avatar

💕

maria's avatar

phew ❤️‍🩹

Aaron Steely's avatar

Damn, amazing Tao

Jess's avatar

This is incredible writing

ursula pflug's avatar

Wow to this. Also feral pigs pics/stories. I've lived in Hi and still have fam there -- very familiar.

Bartleby's avatar

wonderful piece

Ben Sims's avatar

lovely

Ben Sims's avatar

lovely

Richard Owain Roberts's avatar

Looking forward to reading this later TL 👍

Tao Lin's avatar

After a run?

Richard Owain Roberts's avatar

After the gym. Great read, enjoyed it a lot!

John Madrid's avatar

The ending is the part I'll be thinking about. You could have closed on the hotel, or on the dream where you pass each other walking in opposite directions, and instead it's an arm waved west at some buildings and somewhere over there. Refusing the bigger ending is what makes it land. The second person does the same work all the way through: writing it to him rather than about him puts the reader just behind your shoulder rather than out front being told a story. Sorry about your friend.

jordan :p's avatar

Hurting along with you

ursula pflug's avatar

Wow to this. Also feral pigs pics/stories. I've lived in Hi and still have fam there so very familiar.