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Extract (Life and Death)   Extract (LIfe and Death) "Well, there were two sisters who lived in a place called Mandouro. They lived on their own, in a bungalow left to them by their parents. From the house you could see the sea and all the ships leaving Europe bound for the South Seas. One sister was Life and the other, Death. They were two good girls, a pleasure to look at and be with." "The one called Death was pretty as well?" Dombodán asked with concern. "She was. Well, she was pretty, if a bit horse-like. The ... Read more » Views: 613 | Added by: dariifly | Date: 18 January 2010 | Comments (0) The big heart The big heart Big heart, wide as a watermelon, but wise as birth, there is so much abundance in the people I have: Max, Lois, Joe, Louise, Joan, Marie, Dawn, Arlene, Father Dunne, and all in their short lives give to me repeatedly, in the way the sea places its many fingers on the shore, again and again and they know me, they help me unravel, they listen with ears made of conch shells, they speak back with the wine of the best region. They are my staff. They comfort me. They hear how the artery of my soul has been severed and soul is spurting out upon them, bleeding ... Read more » Views: 588 | Added by: dariifly | Date: 18 January 2010 | Comments (0)