My bowl is empty. But it's my bowl, you see, and I love it.

All of us, all of us, all of us

trying to save

our immortal souls, some ways

seemingly more round-

about and mysterious

than others. We're having

a good time here. But hope

all will be revealed soon.

Excerpt from "Zurich"

Raymond Carver

I am in love with this man. It is a very, very profound love.

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It is thundering outside;

Today is a good day,

despite...

I am trying again. A man has to begin

over and over- to try to think and feel

only in a very limited field, the house on the street,

the man at the corner drug store.

--Sherwood Anderson, from a letter

I'm here in the house. And I want to try again.

You, of all people, Anderson, can understand.