The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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...and so little fire.
A long life requires I learn to stand on nothing, the same way I learned it is okay for me to disappoint others with my repeated failings. There is no easy remedy for all those things I cannot hold in isolation. So I seize this moment, subject it to intense scrutiny, release it back into mystery. How can I possibly hold myself together? There were a billion collisions which resulted in my being; now falling apart is my reason for living.
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