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Intimacy : A Novel / Stanley Crawford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crawford, Stanley G., 1937-2024, author.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Psychological fiction.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (127 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama : FC2, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Intimacy is the story of an unnamed narrator ruminating on suicide.He reflects on the origins and significance of his material possessions, and on the seemingly inconsequential moments in his life, while he prepares to carry out his plans.
- Contents:
- Copyright Page; Title Page; The surf was running high; The lace was already loose; I neglected to consider my jacket; I almost forgot the watch; But I always miss my watch; But my car is a kind of clothing; Actually these were not; That is why I let it slip; So then-I told myself; There are five keys; The smallest brass key; I was suddenly troubled; My wallet is companion; My driver's license photo; Beltless, pockets emptied,; When the dermatologist; I stood in the living room; I had loosened my tie; By all rights of course; The wind buffeting the building; A growing fullness in my
- Some gulls were flyingWhile unbuttoning my shirt; But not yet.; So forgetting to pick up; I completed these thoughts; The bed was unmade; My arches had begun; My fingers sought out; I had slipped my left; My haste to return; I shivered at these; I bent over and picked; I stood. A warm glow; A manta of short dark hairs; I found myself pacing; Another lull came in the wind; The distance was short; I would choose a high tide; I paused at the bowl.; The booklet listing the tide; The wind beat against; But I had slept or dozed; I knew that though; My black low-rise; My intention had always
- Left thumb behind the narrowSomething in the wind; Of course I might; I picked up my watch; The apartment stank; I pulled the door closed
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-57366-859-1
- OCLC:
- 928889775
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