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    But when she comes to me, salt catches on his lip and dries sharp on his tongue, a stabbing throb beneath his ribs as he envisions his end, the one he wants but could never have in any way that mattered, so real he can taste the runoff of the mountains and the phantom press of lips he’s never touched. So undeserved, this moment he dreams of, yet his heart longs for it the way his lungs long for air; unrestrained, and selfish. The twisted, unforgivable urge to turn such a grotesque moment into something resembling beauty. Peace, he vies for, in the midst of destruction. A breath of heaven before the flames pull him under for good.

    I want to see her. He wants to marry her.

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