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I__e been moving a little to the music while I worked _and then I realize I am actually dancing. It feels wonderful, though I can feel how stiff my muscles are, how rigidly I__e been holding myself_Mostly I__e been moving cautiously, numbly, steeled because I know, at any moment, I may be ambushed by overwhelming grief. You never know when it__ coming, the word or gesture or bit of memory that dissolved you entirely_It happens every day at first, then not for a day or two, then there__ a week when grief washes in every morning, every afternoon.
Mark Doty Heaven's Coast: A Memoir
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I__e been moving a little to the music while I worked _and then I realize I am actually dancing. It feels wonderful, though I can feel how stiff my muscles are, how rigidly I__e been holding myself_Mostly I__e been moving cautiously, numbly, steeled because I know, at any moment, I may be ambushed by overwhelming grief. You never know when it__ coming, the word or gesture or bit of memory that dissolved you entirely_It happens every day at first, then not for a day or two, then there__ a week when grief washes in every morning, every afternoon.
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Heaven's Coast: A Memoir

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