He took my shoulder and pulled me in close to him. He pointed. “See that tree over there? The smallest one?” There was an ocean of trees and I did see the smallest one. “It’s HUGE! Didn’t you say you only planted it like 6 or 7 months ago?” “It’s not huge.” “Yes it is! Look at it!” Six or seven months ago his cat died and he buried it between the lake and Grand Avenue, in a tree covered […]

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