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I found the words at the back of a drawer,wrapped in black cloth, like three ringsslipped from a dead woman__ hand, cold,dull gold. I had held them before,years ago,then put them away, forgetting whatever it wasI could use them to say. I touched the first to my lips,like a pledge, like a kiss,and my breathwarmed them, the words I needed to utter this, small words,and few. I rubbed at them till they gleamed in my palm __ love you, I love you, I love you __s though they were new."Finding the Words
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I found the words at the back of a drawer,wrapped in black cloth, like three ringsslipped from a dead woman__ hand, cold,dull gold. I had held them before,years ago,then put them away, forgetting whatever it wasI could use them to say. I touched the first to my lips,like a pledge, like a kiss,and my breathwarmed them, the words I needed to utter this, small words,and few. I rubbed at them till they gleamed in my palm __ love you, I love you, I love you __s though they were new."Finding the Words

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