I’ve logged more experience than most with simplicity and the complexity you discover inside simplicity, minimalism and asocial behavior, endurance and landscape.
Here is the truth: I think some deep wisdom inside me (a) sensed the stress, (b) was terrified for me, and (c) gave me something new and hard to focus on in order to prevent me from lapsing into a despair coma — and also to keep me from having a jelly jar of wine in my hand.
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Gary Erwin’s stories have appeared in Amaranthus and the Santa Fe Literary Review. He lives with his wife and cat in Portage, Michigan.
He stands naked at the end of his dock. His body isn’t used to the cold anymore, and goose bumps rise on his sagging skin.