couched
raze
what
passed
for
an
office
in
this
house
became
a
room
to
go
on
living
in
after
everything
we
knew
was
ripped
away
from
us
.
we_bought_a_sofa
to
fill
the
space
left
behind
by
a
computer
desk
,
broken
even
before
it
was
gone
.
the
lawson
was
gallant
and
green
and
good
enough
to
sleep
on
.
it
still
is
.
it's
just
older
now
.
the
two
outside
cushions marked
yours
and
mine
diminished
by
seven
years
of
sitting
.
the
soft
square
in
the
center
grown
into
a
comical bulge
by
virtue
of
not
being
asked
to
shoulder
the
shared
burden
of
all
we
carry
.
that's
as
it
should
be
.
what
lives
between
us
has
always
been
too
mindful
to
set
anything
sagging.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from