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Hesitate

at rest grave

Hesitate. An infant takes its first breath. It hasn’t killed anyone yet, or broken the last carton of eggs on Christmas morning, or left a fork in the microwave — everything smoke and ash and pain. It hasn’t looked you right in the eye, straight and clear, and broken your heart, stripped your dignity. It […]

The Gambler, the movie (2014)

the gambler

The Gambler The distance between losing everything and having nothing left to lose is infinite. Nothing left to lose is an altitude of freedom that lives without restraint, however so few of us can testify to it. Having experienced some loss we cling to what we have, and from this clinging stems our greatest fears […]