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Buckaroo

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We took a family photo at her viewing -
a mother of four boys and a wife.

I got a print and framed it in mahogany
and hung it beside all the

other crap on my wall.  Let's
glue them in a scrapbook and

call it the good ol' days, buckaroo.

And why not?  That's what everyone
else does - framing this

horror with nice mahogany things
like "with time it gets easier", and

"she's in a better place."  You see,
the problem is I'm not in a better

place anymore.  The place I'm in
gets worse and worse, and all

your silly platitudes mean
nothing.

Explain to me how love comes with a
price - that I will hurt when

others hurt until the end when one
of us is gone, leaving the other

to wallow in heaps of this
"forever less" we call a world.  

Explain it to me twenty years ago,
and get it into my little-boy brain

please so I can have it taught to
me properly, forgoing this

mahogany-framed cosmic joke of an
experience, buckaroo.
A Young Man's Encounter With Death, 5. (Explanation: [link])

The young man is frustrated in his attempts to cope with loss, realizing in a very real way what he perceives is the true price of loving people.
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AElfrics-Cat's avatar
Absolutely love this. It's utterly devastating, but the strength of character, here, is tremendous. Incredibly well-written. Fab! x