1.
I rewrote your song. There is no hero. I don't
care what you—oh yes you do.
2.
And if there is no passion in the passion play?
That's better than there being no play.
3.
Twenty years doesn't seem like such a long time
now that it's less than half my life.
4.
A bird landed. A bird flew away. But was it or was
it not the same bird?
5.
I got married when I was thirty five. I got divorced five years later. I sleep better now.
6.
Some of us are old enough to die. Some of us die despite not being old. Enough.
7.
Memorial benches crop up everywhere. Someday we will be able to circumnavigate the world without touching ground.
8.
Adam says that he can define the word "the." I move to the edge of my seat.
9.
I can't think of my life as one story. Or three. Or seven. Or any other number.
10.
This is definitely a definite article. There is no doubt about it. It points directly at us.
11.
When I said good-bye I meant to say I love you. I'll never know what you heard.
12.
News from the past: just sounds in my head. Ever since / severance. Draw a box around it.
13.
For there to be a story there must be people, places, events. Or some of the above.
14.
What is this living that is made? Answer: a fixture that will make everything bearable in perpetuity.
15.
She had become one of those people who were constantly putting on hand cream or lip balm.
16.
She kept messing with her hair, fussing with her scarf, tugging at her sleeves, adjusting her glasses.
17.
I can't live inside other people's heads. Don't put out the light yet. Play that song again.
