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response 8:51 — the 49th of 212 that survive. Forward and back walk every number, 8:0 to 8:240; the missing have pages of their own.

8:51) Ginny Little 09-JAN-98 21:03

i am too tired to think of sex. i curl up to a warm body and am glad to hear his breathing sleep. don't stay too close too long. too hot. butt to butt. dream and wake and ponder, and dream and wake to turn on the news to see how thick the ice is and if schools are closed, or if i can venture about. sickness abates and has come just to remind me to be conscious of health, that when i was in my 20's i didn't have to think about. youth is immortal and invincible. age teaches humility and awakening and pay attention, stupid. used to have sex for hours in showers, on floors by fireplaces, on the kitchen table. now i bathe in the shower, read a book by the fire, eat at the table. and it's a lot more calm.

listen — Ginny Little, in the voice cast for this edition