folded
raze
the
longer
i'm
alive
,
the
more
my
world
shrinks.
there
aren't
many
people
left
who
could
have
written
this
note
and
hidden
it
in
plain
sight
in
my
back
yard
.
i
have
to
lean
on
the
central
air
unit
with
one
hand
and
ask
the
other
to
do
unspeakable
things
in
order
to
fish
the
folded
piece
of
paper
out
from
a
cold
sea
of
green
and
grey
.
come
to
find
out
it
isn't
anything
anyone
wrote
for
me
.
it's
a
receipt
that
was
printed
by
a
gas
station
on
tecumseh
road
the
saturday
before
last
.
the
wind
must
have
brought
it
here
.
the
manager
was
standing
behind
the
cash
register
that
day
.
a
stranger
spent
fourteen
dollars
on
three
lottery
tickets.
all
of
them
losers
,
i'm
sure
.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from