I told her my name, *&#%@&* and she said it back! 32 centuries later, Achilles is still famous as a dead hero, and I’m still a live coward nobody knows. xxx 18 Several times an hour, Holly told me she loved me. I walked over and started to pick it up. Instead of being remembered forever like my brother, nobody can remember me once I leave their line of sight. I don’t have room in my life for you anymore, Holly, but I love you. Mostly, I’m too afraid. I swear, there was no manhole in the street a moment before I fell. She Remembered
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