i should've suspected something

"I Should've Suspected Something," November 5, 2022 (#309)

title from The River Wild (1994)

Whiskey River (Take My Mind): The True Story of Texas Honky-Tonk by Johnny Bush (2007)

Mystic River by Dennis Lehane (2001)

River House: A Memoir by Sarahlee Lawrence (2010)

House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III (1999)

I Should've Suspected Something

She had a temper that was unequaled by anything I've

got on top of him, and, baby, I went off

instantly when I moved out of the shadow and up to the

possible lunch date, but then I'd think of that ring

and he signed me as a writer with his publishing

just to be sure, quite aware that her fear was

thinking how adorable he was all dressed in

the local young people along the beach here

learning about psychological trauma. It took

a different place than where we live now. It was

bracing the hole for the weight of the purlin. When

eyes moved to the rearview mirror again,

I could have spent my whole life pulling

the spark of desperate hope he'd seen

every night that I sit by this stove, pulsating

like I'm lying to myself thinking this. I don't.

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