Bushwhacked, I examine my hands. Same hands. Rings still there but no longer valid.

“It would be sad and wrong in so many ways to self-combust at this time.”

“Surprises, I feel now, are primarily a form of violence.”

“I think, This will be the last horrible thing I have to go through, until I mee…”

“God works in mysterious ways, baby, and there is never more evidence of this th…”