shook
raze
he
shook
out
the
thick
blanket
he'd
sat
on
with
his
wife
and
their
dog
and
the
few
friends
who
could
stomach
his
smarm, guiding
it
into
giving
up
the
dirt
it
gathered
the
night
before
,
only
to
lay
it
down
and
fold
it
on
the
same
unlined
road
now
littered
with
all
he
didn't
want
the
fabric
to
be
marred
by
.
then
he
tucked
it
under
his
arm
and
brought
it
back
inside
to
sully
the
studied stability
of
what
he
called
a
life
.
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go
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