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I used to think that the day would never come

That my life would depend on the morning sun

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Carrie and Anne had come to an empty parking lot, just before the motel.

Here Marina Drive ended, and indeed there was a marina. It had fallen into decay years ago, but it was clear what the builders had intended. Before them was the Salton Sea, shimmering in the sunlight. Carrie had not even noticed it, so busy had she been following the lines in the cracked, scorched pavement while thinking hard about what to say.

At the far end of the marina, there was the old motel. Its walls were burnt pale, too, after decades of sun and no paint or maintenance, but there were whole windows in the part of the building that loomed closest to the water. It was possible to sit in that room and look out onto the marina, and once, there had been many boats to look at.

“So this is your ‘hotel’?” Carrie said.

– from “Like Grace From The Earth” (2011)

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Header photo by Nick Scheerbart @ Unsplash.com

Carrie by Tuva Mathilde Løland @ Unsplash.com

Jon by Drew Hays @ Unsplash.com

Lin by Bianca Berg @ Unsplash.com

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