Written by Ben HowardHe lives in Alfred, New York, USAHis website: One Time, One Meeting(Originally published by Cortland Review, No. 6, February 1999)Old NewsThose little incrementsof grief: how silentlythey travel in the bloodof mourners, bearing newsthat makes no headlines, wearsno byline, yet remainsfor years, for generations,persisting as it mustin vein and artery,lung and bone. And whenits
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