Crush

You're in a car with a beautiful boy, and he won't tell you that he loves you, but he loves you. And you feel like you've done something terrible, like robbed a liquor store, or swallowed pills, or shoveled yourself a grave in the dirt, and you're tired. You're in a car with a beautiful boy, and you're trying not to tell him that you love him, and you're trying to choke down the feeling, and you're trembling, but he reaches over and he touches you, like a prayer for which no words exist, and you feel your heart taking root in your body, like you've discovered something you don't even have a name for.
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1954
The Sound of the Mountain
Though august had only begun, autumn insects were already singing.
He thought he could detect a dripping of dew from leaf to leaf.
Then he heard the sound of the mountain.
It was a windless night. the moon was near full, but in the moist, sultry air the fringe of trees that outlined the mountain was blurred . They were motionless, however.
Not a leaf on the fern by the veranda was stirring.

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The Sound of the Mountain

Though august had only begun, autumn insects were already singing.
He thought he could detect a dripping of dew from leaf to leaf.
Then he heard the sound of the mountain.
It was a windless night. the moon was near full, but in the moist, sultry air the fringe of trees that outlined the mountain was blurred . They were motionless, however.
Not a leaf on the fern by the veranda was stirring.

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