There are betrayals in war that are childlike compared with our human betrayals during peace. The new lovers enter the habits of the other. Things are smashed, revealed in a new light. This is done with nervous or tender sentences, although the heart is an organ of fire.
タグ: war, love

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Truth, at the wrong time, can be dangerous.
タグ: wrong, dangerous, time, truth
A writer uses a pen instead of a scalpel or blow torch.
タグ: instead, torch, writer, pen
Once I've discovered the story, I might restructure it, maybe move things around, set up a clue that something is going to happen later, but that happens much later in an editorial capacity.
タグ: happen, something, things, story
I see the poem or the novel ending with an open door.
タグ: i-see, see, door, ending
I'm a Canadian citizen. But I always want to feel at home in Sri Lanka. I'm a member of both countries.
タグ: want, always, feel, home
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