The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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My bathroom faucet leaks and no matter how I turn the handles, the steady drip does not stop. The price of clean water rises and my superego warns of wastefulness. Still I’ve no deep desire to fix that leaky faucet. Maybe I finally see what the mirror behind the faucet is clearly showing me— that my trials and tribulations have made me a leaky faucet, and now my life and my love are dripping out of me.
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