Alive at the River’s Bank
“We believe to not stand is the meaning of life?”
n., /hō/kēs/ Armenian for "my soul."
“I can remember him asking me questions about what I meant by certain things so he could understand the poem. Looking back it was pretty wonderful for him to take an interest, but I felt (can still feel as I write this) a bit in my stomach. Like he was asking me to reveal some secret that I wasn’t sure I even wanted to know just yet. “
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